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moderntribe/coding-standards
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The Modern Tribe Coding Standard for PHPCS

v3.3.0(2y ago)937.6k↑22.7%1[1 PRs](https://github.com/moderntribe/coding-standards/pulls)7MITPHP >=8.0

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Modern Tribe Coding Standards
=============================

[](#modern-tribe-coding-standards)

The Modern Tribe Coding Standard is a set of [PHP\_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer)rules for use primarily with the [SquareOne](https://github.com/moderntribe/square-one) framework.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP ^8.0

Install
-------

[](#install)

Composer v2:

```
composer require --dev moderntribe/coding-standards "^3.0"`
```

Composer v1:

Add to the `repositories` object:

```
    {
      "type": "vcs",
      "url": "git@github.com:moderntribe/coding-standards.git"
    }
```

And `require-dev`:

```
  "moderntribe/coding-standards": "^3.0"
```

Project ruleset
---------------

[](#project-ruleset)

> Ensure you're running PHP 8.0 locally!

To use this ruleset, create a `phpcs.xml.dist` in the root of the project and add the following content:

```

	./wp-content/plugins/core
	./wp-content/themes/core
	./wp-content/mu-plugins

	*-config.php
	*vendor/
	*tests/*
	*.twig
	*webpack/

```

> Add `phpcs.xml` to your `.gitignore`

Manual Usage
------------

[](#manual-usage)

**PHPCS**

```
./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=ModernTribe /path/to/files/**.php
```

**PHPCBF**

```
./vendor/bin/phpcbf --standard=ModernTribe /path/to/files/**.php
```

Resources:
----------

[](#resources)

- [SquareOne Framework](https://github.com/moderntribe/square-one)
- [Documentation](https://github.com/moderntribe/square-one/blob/main/docs/tooling/phpcs.md)

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 91.9% 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 ~36 days

Recently: every ~78 days

Total

25

Last Release

948d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.5 → v2.0.02021-05-21

v1.0.6 → v2.1.02022-02-04

v1.0.8 → v2.1.42022-04-04

v1.0.9 → v3.0.02022-08-11

2.x-dev → v3.2.02023-02-20

PHP version history (4 changes)v1.0.4PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

v3.0.0PHP >=7.4

v3.1.0PHP ^8.0

v3.2.0PHP >=8.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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