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mhauri/wordpress-boilerplate
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The WordPress Boilerplate with state-of-the-art development tools and painless configuration

1.0.1(5y ago)012MITPHP

Since Oct 23Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Wordpress Boilerplate
=====================

[](#wordpress-boilerplate)

Donations
---------

[](#donations)

The **Wordpress Boilerplate** is an open source project and completely free to use.

However, the amount of effort needed to maintain and develop new features and products is not sustainable without proper financial backing. If you have the capability, please consider donating using the link below:

[![Donate via PayPal](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/e9dbfb6fa3fe88e12cc4e9af4cbafffb9b6cd116e78dd0d917f051f947618a8c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f646f6e6174652d70617970616c2d626c75652e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265266c6f676f3d70617970616c)](https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/mhauri)

Overview
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[](#overview)

The **Wordpress Boilerplate** helps you get started with the best development tools and a well-known project structure.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Familiar folder structure - feels like a normal Wordpress project
- Dependency management with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)
- Environment variables with [Dotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv)
- Command-line interface with [WP-CLI](https://wp-cli.org/)
- Autoloader for mu-plugins (use regular plugins as mu-plugins)

Issues
------

[](#issues)

If you have any issues with this project, open an issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/mhauri/wordpress-boilerplate/issues).

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Any contribution is highly appreciated. The best way to contribute is to open a [pull request on GitHub](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests).

Developer
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[](#developer)

[Marcel Hauri](https://github.com/mhauri), and all other [contributors](https://github.com/mhauri/wordpress-boilerplate/contributors)

License
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[](#license)

[MIT](https://mit-license.org/)

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

2032d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/402069?v=4)[Marcel Hauri](/maintainers/mhauri)[@mhauri](https://github.com/mhauri)

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Top Contributors

[![mhauri](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/402069?v=4)](https://github.com/mhauri "mhauri (6 commits)")

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Tags

composerdotenvwordpresswordpress-developmentwp-clicomposerwordpressdotenvboilerplatewp-climodern

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