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piotrpress/wordpress-composer
=============================

This composer plugin uses WordPress.org API to download WordPress core, plugins and themes.

v1.2.0(1y ago)33351MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since May 23Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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WordPress Composer
==================

[](#wordpress-composer)

This composer plugin uses `WordPress.org API` to download WordPress core, plugins and themes.

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

[](#installation)

1. Add the plugin as a global composer requirement:

```
$ composer global require piotrpress/wordpress-composer
```

2. Allow the plugin execution:

```
$ composer config -g allow-plugins.piotrpress/wordpress-composer true
```

Example `composer.json` file
----------------------------

[](#example-composerjson-file)

```
{
  "require": {
    "wordpress-core/full": "*",
    "wordpress-plugin/akismet": "*",
    "wordpress-theme/twentytwentytwo": "*",

    "piotrpress/wordpress-installer": "^1.0"
  },
  "config": {
    "allow-plugins": {
      "piotrpress/wordpress-installer": true
    }
  }
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- `wordpress-core/{$release}` - where `$release` is one of WordPress available release type: `full`, `no-content` or `new-bundled`
- `wordpress-theme/{$slug}` - where `$slug` is a desired WordPress theme slug
- `wordpress-plugin/{$slug}` - where `$slug` is a desired WordPress plugin slug

Support
-------

[](#support)

`WordPress Composer` sets `wordpress-core`, `wordpress-theme` and `wordpress-plugin` type, appropriately for the right composer packages, so it's compatible with all composer installers supporting this custom types, e.g.:

- [piotrpress/wordpress-installer](https://github.com/piotrpress/wordpress-installer)
- [composer/installers](https://github.com/composer/installers)
- [oomphinc/composer-installers-extender](https://github.com/oomphinc/composer-installers-extender)
- [johnpbloch/wordpress-core-installer](https://github.com/johnpbloch/wordpress-core-installer)
- [fancyguy/webroot-installer](https://github.com/fancyguy/webroot-installer)

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

Check out example implementation in the [piotrpress/wordpress](https://github.com/PiotrPress/wordpress) package.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= `7.4` version.
- Composer ^`2.0` version.

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](license.txt)

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance39

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~187 days

Recently: every ~234 days

Total

6

Last Release

516d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)[Piotr Niewiadomski](/maintainers/PiotrPress)[@PiotrPress](https://github.com/PiotrPress)

---

Top Contributors

[![PiotrPress](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10326736?v=4)](https://github.com/PiotrPress "PiotrPress (6 commits)")

---

Tags

composerwordpresswordpress plugincomposer-pluginwordpress-themewordpress-pluginswordpress-corewordpress-themes

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