PHPackages pressbooks/pressbooks-book - PHPackages - PHPackages [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register) 1. [Directory](/) 2. / 3. [Templating & Views](/categories/templating) 4. / 5. pressbooks/pressbooks-book ActiveWordpress-theme[Templating & Views](/categories/templating) pressbooks/pressbooks-book ========================== This theme is named after Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who coined the phrase “the medium is the message.” It is designed for academic writing and is also suitable for fiction. Headings are set in Cormorant Garamond, and body type is set in Lora. 2.32.0(2mo ago)216.6k↑333.3%14[10 issues](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book/issues)[10 PRs](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book/pulls)GPL-3.0-or-laterSCSSPHP ^8.3CI passing Since Jun 5Pushed 1mo ago15 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-book)[ RSS](/packages/pressbooks-pressbooks-book/feed)WikiDiscussions dev Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (10)Versions (138)Used By (0) McLuhan ======= [](#mcluhan) [![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8b382520a61721de7f03ae362aaad8229d5ba752859f1e7e66d9ab14947e326c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-book)[![Current Release](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b153da296c4350ca6584145b2d0871cf213756049f4f3736a8bad4139ecd6b56/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f72656c656173652f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2e737667)](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks/releases/latest/)[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0e127d66a304fd9558052f69c6e277d6a601f5d54db66a2ccc2e71e72f52af36/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-book)[![PHP from Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c59593c49946c21153de3b19ce015e2abca5866567402ae149a8a21e245549ad/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-book) [![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a0f023dcfe4ca89867d5a3f74a4d751499aa64060dbfcdd5f33a188a017874db/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-book)[![codecov](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a75041f1f2dae86a4200665aef71c67244198cbd8c0f8379ca0cdfdce9dbbe0c/68747470733a2f2f636f6465636f762e696f2f67682f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2f6272616e63682f6465762f67726170682f62616467652e737667)](https://codecov.io/gh/pressbooks/pressbooks-book/branch/dev)[![Translate McLuhan](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/f8b2fb7286bb535ba97516acfce80a7045ee53517b48cfd5844736bd88536fcd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f64796e616d69632f6a736f6e2e7376673f6c6162656c3d7472616e736c617465642675726c3d687474707325334125324625324674656e70657263656e742e6e6f772e73682532462533466f7267616e697a6174696f6e2533447072657373626f6f6b7325323670726f6a6563742533447072657373626f6f6b732d626f6f6b2671756572793d2532342e73746174757326636f6c6f72423d653035643434267375666669783d253235)](https://www.transifex.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book/translate/) This theme is named after Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan, who coined the phrase “the medium is the message.” It is designed for academic writing and is also suitable for fiction. Headings are set in Cormorant Garamond, and body type is set in Lora. McLuhan is the default book theme for Pressbooks. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP >= 8.3 - WordPress >= 6.9.1 - Pressbooks >= 6.36.3 Installation ------------ [](#installation) ### Manual [](#manual) Download the [latest release](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-book/releases/latest/) and unzip the contents to `WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/themes/pressbooks-book/'`. ### Composer [](#composer) From within your WordPress or [Bedrock](https://roots.io/bedrock/) root directory, run: ``` composer require pressbooks/pressbooks-book ``` ### GitHub Updater [](#github-updater) Install the [GitHub Updater plugin](https://github.com/afragen/github-updater). Then, from the GitHub Updater interface, navigate to the "Install Theme" tab. Enter as the Theme URI, then click "Install Theme". Tagged updates to this theme will then be available as normal WordPress updates. Changelog --------- [](#changelog) Please see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) file for more information. ### Health Score 63 — FairBetter than 99% of packages Maintenance79 Regular maintenance activity Popularity34 Limited adoption so far Community27 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity96 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 ~30 days Recently: every ~46 days Total 108 Last Release 63d ago Major Versions 1.11.0 → 2.0.0-alpha12017-11-16 1.12.0 → 2.0.0-alpha.22017-12-10 PHP version history (7 changes)2.0.0-beta.1PHP >=7 2.5.0PHP >=7.1 2.11.0PHP >=7.3 2.18.1PHP >=7.4 2.25.0PHP ^8.0 2.26.0PHP ^8.1 2.32.0PHP ^8.3 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5617ca8d230381ad60c37324c68fff5d0b1866a51f47b97e707a84afd0f80ce5?d=identicon)[pressbooks-ops](/maintainers/pressbooks-ops) --- Top Contributors [![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (247 commits)")[![SteelWagstaff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13485451?v=4)](https://github.com/SteelWagstaff "SteelWagstaff (157 commits)")[![dac514](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/812192?v=4)](https://github.com/dac514 "dac514 (92 commits)")[![arzola](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4997549?v=4)](https://github.com/arzola "arzola (85 commits)")[![dannylonglegs](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21149722?v=4)](https://github.com/dannylonglegs "dannylonglegs (81 commits)")[![richard015ar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13248424?v=4)](https://github.com/richard015ar "richard015ar (59 commits)")[![ho-man-chan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21694293?v=4)](https://github.com/ho-man-chan "ho-man-chan (58 commits)")[![fdalcin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1761690?v=4)](https://github.com/fdalcin "fdalcin (47 commits)")[![pressbooks-ops](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66340483?v=4)](https://github.com/pressbooks-ops "pressbooks-ops (28 commits)")[![dependabot-support](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/112581971?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-support "dependabot-support (23 commits)")[![greatislander](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/605361?v=4)](https://github.com/greatislander "greatislander (16 commits)")[![transifex-integration[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/18568?v=4)](https://github.com/transifex-integration[bot] "transifex-integration[bot] (15 commits)")[![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (12 commits)")[![github-actions[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/15368?v=4)](https://github.com/github-actions[bot] "github-actions[bot] (9 commits)")[![ricardopressbooks](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63249561?v=4)](https://github.com/ricardopressbooks "ricardopressbooks (9 commits)")[![tw77](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/44182629?v=4)](https://github.com/tw77 "tw77 (1 commits)")[![alexdryden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47127862?v=4)](https://github.com/alexdryden "alexdryden (1 commits)")[![bryborge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29008084?v=4)](https://github.com/bryborge "bryborge (1 commits)")[![colomet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3929177?v=4)](https://github.com/colomet "colomet (1 commits)")[![marbaque](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5633124?v=4)](https://github.com/marbaque "marbaque (1 commits)") --- Tags bookdefault-themehacktoberfesthas-translationspb-activepressbookspressbooks-themepublishingacademicnonfictiontextbookliterary ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/pressbooks-pressbooks-book/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/pressbooks-pressbooks-book/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/pressbooks-pressbooks-book) ``` ### Alternatives [pressbooks/pressbooks Pressbooks is an open source book publishing tool built on a WordPress multisite platform. Pressbooks outputs books in multiple formats, including PDF, EPUB, web, and a variety of XML flavours, using a theming/templating system, driven by CSS. 44643.1k1](/packages/pressbooks-pressbooks)[silverstripe-themes/simple The SilverStripe simple theme (default SilverStripe 3 theme) 411.3M8](/packages/silverstripe-themes-simple)[pressbooks/pressbooks-aldine 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. 114.3k](/packages/pressbooks-pressbooks-aldine)[mediawiki/vector-skin Modern version of the MonoBook skin 533.5k](/packages/mediawiki-vector-skin)[frozzare/digster Twig templates for WordPress 107.1k](/packages/frozzare-digster) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)