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maxdmyers/seedling
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A WordPress starter theme based on the lovely Timber library and Bootstrap 4.

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Seedling
========

[](#seedling)

A WordPress starter theme based on the lovely Timber library and Bootstrap 4. (Forked from [Branch](https://github.com/JeyKeu/branch))

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Timber Library support
- Bootstrap 4 toolkit
- NPM package management
- Gulp build system
- Browsersync for synchronised browser testing

Dependencies
------------

[](#dependencies)

- [Composer](http://getcomposer.org)
- [Node.js](http://nodejs.org)
- [SASS](http://sass-lang.com/install)
- [Gulp CLI](http://gulpjs.com/)
- [Browsersync](https://browsersync.io/)

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

- Assuming you have installed WordPress,

    `cd` into `wp-content/themes`

    `composer create-project maxdmyers/seedling your-theme-name`
- Change to the `your-theme-name` directory
- Open `style.css` and modify theme name, description and author
- Edit `gulpfile.js` and set `devUrl` to your local WordPress URL
- Run `gulp`

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~113 days

Total

5

Last Release

2572d ago

Major Versions

0.0.3 → v1.02018-10-08

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4ba5c26142f762b016f4093e87be0e0f504441b1b7b8d8dd97565c805fce8848?d=identicon)[maxdmyers](/maintainers/maxdmyers)

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Top Contributors

[![maxdmyers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/896976?v=4)](https://github.com/maxdmyers "maxdmyers (20 commits)")

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