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pressbooks/pressbooks-publisher
===============================

The default theme for the root site on Pressbooks installations.

3.1.6(4y ago)25.0k4MITPHP

Since May 8Pushed 3y ago6 watchersCompare

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Pressbooks Publisher
====================

[](#pressbooks-publisher)

[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a5e59c0e5934d2cf8470aecf3e7003745047a21858304d907f4973ae66238914/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f6c2f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d7075626c69736865722e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-publisher) [![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c13217541fb804ef84e375e4308bf059dd7d94814a8f94f344fc08b6abcb94f7/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f7072657373626f6f6b732f7072657373626f6f6b732d7075626c69736865722e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/pressbooks/pressbooks-publisher)

The default theme for the root site on Pressbooks installations.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP &gt;= 7.4
- WordPress &gt;= 5.9.3
- Pressbooks &gt;= 5.34.1

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

[](#installation)

### Manual

[](#manual)

Download the [latest release](https://github.com/pressbooks/pressbooks-publisher/releases/latest/) and unzip the contents to `WP_CONTENT_DIR . '/themes/pressbooks-publisher/'`.

### Composer

[](#composer)

From within your WordPress or [Bedrock](https://roots.io/bedrock/) root directory, run:

```
composer require pressbooks/pressbooks-publisher

```

### 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.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 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 ~227 days

Recently: every ~423 days

Total

9

Last Release

1519d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5617ca8d230381ad60c37324c68fff5d0b1866a51f47b97e707a84afd0f80ce5?d=identicon)[pressbooks-ops](/maintainers/pressbooks-ops)

---

Top Contributors

[![SteelWagstaff](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13485451?v=4)](https://github.com/SteelWagstaff "SteelWagstaff (6 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (3 commits)")[![dac514](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/812192?v=4)](https://github.com/dac514 "dac514 (2 commits)")[![cmurtagh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/952104?v=4)](https://github.com/cmurtagh "cmurtagh (1 commits)")[![ho-man-chan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/21694293?v=4)](https://github.com/ho-man-chan "ho-man-chan (1 commits)")[![jeremyfelt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/286171?v=4)](https://github.com/jeremyfelt "jeremyfelt (1 commits)")

---

Tags

catalogdefault-themepressbookspressbooks-themepublishing

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