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regularjack/wp-plugin-boilerplate
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An object-oriented boilerplate for developing high-quality, testable WordPress plugins

12227PHP

Since Nov 19Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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WP Plugin Boilerplate
=====================

[](#wp-plugin-boilerplate)

An object-oriented boilerplate for developing high-quality, testable WordPress plugins.

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/54deddd849c9ec298dc50d68c2dc11e84211839143fe675c534f99559b898e2f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f726567756c61726a61636b2f77702d706c7567696e2d626f696c6572706c6174652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572267374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/regularjack/wp-plugin-boilerplate)[![PHP 5.3+](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3b352e4a7957ae5fa5c25f686df056a980a8e0b6aa764bee2009d5fd6d845e23/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d352e332532422d677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3b352e4a7957ae5fa5c25f686df056a980a8e0b6aa764bee2009d5fd6d845e23/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f5048502d352e332532422d677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)

**This is an experiment. You probably don't want to use it yet.**

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Autoload PHP classes
    - Use PHP namespaces
    - No more need to `include` every plugin file
- Unit Testing
    - Testing with PHPunit works out of the box
    - Just write your test class and run `phpunit`
    - Ready for travis
- Integration with WP-CLI
- And more:
    - Admin settings screen

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

[](#installation)

Install directly into the plugins folder of a WordPress installation and then rename from `wp-plugin-boilerplate` to whatever you want your plugin to be named (the following commands assume your plugin will be named `wp-foo`):

```
cd wp-content/plugins
git clone git@github.com:regularjack/wp-plugin-boilerplate.git wp-foo
cd wp-plugin-boilerplate
mv languages/wp-plugin-boilerplate.pot languages/wp-foo.pot
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/WP Plugin Boilerplate/WP Foo/g' {} +
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/WpPluginBoilerplate/WpFoo/g' {} +
find . -type f -exec sed -i 's/wp-plugin-boilerplate/wp-foo/g' {} +
rm -rf README.md .git

```

Ack
---

[](#ack)

- [DevinVinson/WordPress-Plugin-Boilerplate](https://github.com/DevinVinson/WordPress-Plugin-Boilerplate)
- WP-CLI

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 31% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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