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piotrpress/wordpress-installer
==============================

This composer plugin sets installation paths for WordPress core, plugins, mu-plugins, themes and drop-ins outside of vendor directory.

v1.0.0(3y ago)038313MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since May 23Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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WordPress Installer
===================

[](#wordpress-installer)

This composer plugin sets installation paths for WordPress `core`, `plugins`, `mu-plugins`, `themes` and `drop-ins` outside of vendor directory.

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

[](#installation)

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

Result
------

[](#result)

Plugin sets installation paths according to package type:

- `wordpress-core` - `/wp-core`
- `wordpress-theme/{$slug}` - `/wp-content/themes/{$slug}` where `$slug` is a desired WordPress theme slug
- `wordpress-plugin/{$slug}` - `/wp-content/plugins/{$slug}` where `$slug` is a desired WordPress plugin slug
- `wordpress-muplugin/{$slug}` - `/wp-content/mu-plugin/{$slug}` where `$slug` is a desired WordPress mu-plugin slug
- `wordpress-dropin/{$slug}` - `/wp-content/{$slug}` where `$slug` is a desired WordPress drop-in slug

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

Installation paths are fixed. To customize paths, use other plugin instead, for example one of listed installers:

- [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

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1456d 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 (1 commits)")

---

Tags

composerwordpressinstallerwordpress plugincomposer-plugincomposer-installerwordpress mupluginwordpress-themewordpress-pluginswordpress-corewordpress-themeswordpress-dropin

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