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nicholas-wordpress/core
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Nearly-headless application support for WordPress themes

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Nicholas Underpin Module
========================

[](#nicholas-underpin-module)

This module sets up the back-end logic necessary to use, and extend a nearly headless WordPress website.

Boilerplate
-----------

[](#boilerplate)

This module is used in [a theme boilerplate](https://github.com/nicholas-wordpress/nearly-headless-theme). You probably want to use that directly.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require nicholas-wordpress/core`

Extending
---------

[](#extending)

This is an [Underpin](github.com/underpin-WP/underpin) module, and the entrypoint for it is using the function `nicholas`, and it comes built-in with a handful of loaders:

1. Script loader
2. Rest Endpoint Loader
3. Meta Loader
4. Option Loader
5. Template Loader
6. Decision List Loader

Scripts
-------

[](#scripts)

This module assumes that your theme has 3 scripts built-into the `build` directory of your theme:

1. admin.js - Gets enqueued in the settings screen located in **Settings>>>Nicholas Settings**
2. editor.js - Gets enqueued on block editor pages
3. theme.js - Gets enqueued on front-end pages that are not using compatibility mode
4. sessionManager.js - Forces a session to clear the cache if the `nicholas_flush_cache` cookie is set.

REST Endpoints
--------------

[](#rest-endpoints)

This module loads in a set of endpoints in the `nicholas/v1` namespace. These endpoints are used by the various scripts mentioned above to run the nearly-headless paradigm.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~35 days

Total

4

Last Release

1629d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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