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Aldine is the default theme for the home page of Pressbooks networks. It is named for the Aldine Press, founded by Aldus Manutius in 1494, who is regarded by many as the world’s first publisher.

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Aldine
======

[](#aldine)

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Contributors: conner\_bw, greatislander, steelwagstaff Tags: publishing, catalog, pressbooks, default-theme Requires at least: 6.4.3 Tested up to: 6.9.1

Stable tag: 1.19.1

Requires PHP: 8.3 License: GNU General Public License v3 or later License URI:

Aldine is the default theme for the home page of Pressbooks networks. It is named for the Aldine Press, founded by Aldus Manutius in 1494, who is regarded by many as the world’s first publisher.

Description
-----------

[](#description)

Aldine is the default theme for the home page of [Pressbooks](https://pressbooks.org) networks. It is named for the Aldine Press, founded by Aldus Manutius in 1494, who is regarded by many as the world’s first publisher. Aldine is based on [Underscores](https://underscores.me/).

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

[](#installation)

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance &gt; Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload Theme and Choose File, then select the theme's [.zip file](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-aldine/releases/latest/). Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

### Changelog

[](#changelog)

Please see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file for more information.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- Based on [Underscores](https://underscores.me/), (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

###  Health Score

61

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance83

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community23

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity93

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor3

3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~49 days

Recently: every ~55 days

Total

64

Last Release

63d ago

PHP version history (8 changes)1.0.0-alpha1PHP &gt;=7

1.5.0PHP &gt;=7.1

1.12.0PHP &gt;=7.3

1.14.1PHP &gt;=7.4

1.17.0PHP ^7.4|8.0.\*

1.18.0PHP ^8.0

1.19.0PHP ^8.1

1.25.0PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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