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sitecrafting/conifer
====================

Powerful abstractions for serious WordPress theme development

v1.0.3(1y ago)219.0k↓50%2[23 issues](https://github.com/sitecrafting/conifer/issues)[5 PRs](https://github.com/sitecrafting/conifer/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing

Since May 21Pushed 3mo ago5 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (15)Versions (47)Used By (1)

[![Conifer](img/banner-green.png)](https://coniferplug.in)
==========================================================

[](#)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8b21d31d8561a51ff7a8dfa62cc76d33f31b991f837709a2c4fa5db564a19c53/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f736974656372616674696e672f636f6e696665722e7376673f6272616e63683d6d61696e)](https://travis-ci.org/github/sitecrafting/conifer)[![Packagist Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/549b1d6a092d5867bfde22466ced8d1be570d992447ed4e781d3834cb388e5bd/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f736974656372616674696e672f636f6e696665722e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/sitecrafting/conifer)

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

For reference documentation, use-cases, and design principles, [check out the docs](https://www.coniferplug.in/).

Quick start
-----------

[](#quick-start)

See the [Installation docs](https://www.coniferplug.in/installation.html) to get Conifer installed for use in your theme or plugin.

Issues and Feature Requests
---------------------------

[](#issues-and-feature-requests)

Please submit issues and feature requests directly to GitHub. We need guidance from the community about how people would like to use Conifer!

Development
-----------

[](#development)

**To get started hacking on Conifer itself, first install [Lando](https://docs.devwithlando.io/),** the official dev environment for Conifer and sole system requirement for developing Conifer. **Note that you need Lando version beta.47 or rc.1.** The transition to rc.2+ is a [work in progress](https://github.com/sitecrafting/conifer/issues/103).

Then, just clone the repo and start up the dev environment:

```
git clone git@github.com:sitecrafting/conifer.git
cd conifer
lando start
```

Follow the prompts and you should have a local WordPress site running Conifer and its companion starter theme, [Groot](https://github.com/sitecrafting/groot)!

**NOTE: there is currently a known issue with how Lando sets up pretty permalinks. They won't work before you configure them manually.**

Authored by SiteCrafting
------------------------

[](#authored-by-sitecrafting)

Built with 💚 + ☕ in Tacoma, Washington.

[![Work with SiteCrafting on your next web project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sitecrafting/conifer/master/img/sc-banner.jpg)](https://www.sitecrafting.com/)

### Building a new release

[](#building-a-new-release)

Groot includes a script for building itself and creating a release. To create a tag and corresponding release called `vX.Y.Z`:

```
scripts/build-release.sh vX.Y.Z
```

or using Lando:

```
lando release vX.Y.Z
```

This will create a .tar.gz and a .zip archive which you can upload to a new release on GitHub.

If you have [`hub`](https://hub.github.com/) installed, it will also prompt you to optionally create a release directly!

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance43

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity33

Limited adoption so far

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity85

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~90 days

Recently: every ~177 days

Total

28

Last Release

466d ago

Major Versions

v0.9.0 → v1.0.0-alpha.012020-10-13

0.x-dev → v1.0.0-alpha.022020-10-14

v0.9.2 → v1.0.02024-10-25

PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.0

v1.0.0-alpha.01PHP ^7.4

v1.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/320688?v=4)[Coby Tamayo](/maintainers/acobster)[@acobster](https://github.com/acobster)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3867685?v=4)[Sean Dean](/maintainers/anthropos9)[@anthropos9](https://github.com/anthropos9)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9259780?v=4)[SiteCrafting](/maintainers/sitecrafting)[@sitecrafting](https://github.com/sitecrafting)

---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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