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plott/plottcore-wp-installer
============================

A custom installer to handle deploying WordPress with Composer

1.40.0(8mo ago)1663↓50%1GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6.0CI passing

Since Jun 7Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

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[![Plott Core WP Installer](docs/header.png)](docs/header.png)

A Composer plugin for installing WordPress core into a custom directory. Drop-in replacement for `johnpbloch/wordpress-core-installer`.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require plott/plottcore-wp-installer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add the install directory to your project's `composer.json`:

```
{
  "extra": {
    "wordpress-install-dir": "public/wp"
  }
}
```

Then require a WordPress core package (e.g. `roots/wordpress` or `johnpbloch/wordpress`).

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >= 5.6
- Composer 1.x or 2.x

License
-------

[](#license)

GPL-2.0-or-later

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 55% 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 ~10 days

Total

45

Last Release

262d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c5ce96c988ab01b2b5158352dffe7c08db4cc26f6c84a72f71221449393c5096?d=identicon)[ashley-plott](/maintainers/ashley-plott)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/738d11b5a45859429fee29b934d0e43248c4558e9fe0220aae1bf829987a6bb7?d=identicon)[ewan-plott](/maintainers/ewan-plott)

---

Top Contributors

[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (72 commits)")[![ashley-plott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47776906?v=4)](https://github.com/ashley-plott "ashley-plott (51 commits)")[![ewan-plott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/139983915?v=4)](https://github.com/ewan-plott "ewan-plott (8 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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