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stellarwp/shepherd
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A library for offloading tasks to background processes.

0.2.1(4mo ago)2133.5k↑158.8%[1 PRs](https://github.com/stellarwp/shepherd/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=7.4

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Shepherd
========

[](#shepherd)

Shepherd is a lightweight and powerful background processing library for WordPress, built on top of Action Scheduler. It provides a simple, fluent API for defining and dispatching asynchronous tasks, with built-in support for retries, debouncing, and logging.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Simple, Fluent API**: A straightforward way to define and dispatch background tasks.
- **Action Scheduler Integration**: Leverages the reliability of Action Scheduler for task processing.
- **Automatic Retries**: Configurable automatic retries for failed tasks.
- **Debouncing**: Prevent tasks from running too frequently.
- **Logging**: Built-in database logging for task lifecycle events.
- **Included Tasks**: Comes with ready-to-use tasks including `Email` (with multi-recipient support), `HTTP_Request`, and `Herding` tasks.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

For a guide on how to install Shepherd and get started with creating and dispatching your first task, please see our [Getting Started guide](./docs/getting-started.md).

Advanced Usage
--------------

[](#advanced-usage)

For more detailed information on advanced features like task retries, debouncing, unique tasks, and logging, please refer to our [Advanced Usage guide](./docs/advanced-usage.md).

Built-in Tasks
--------------

[](#built-in-tasks)

Shepherd comes with a set of pre-packaged tasks to handle common background operations. For more information, please see our [Tasks guide](./docs/tasks.md).

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

We welcome contributions! Please see our contributing guidelines for more information.

###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity34

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~18 days

Recently: every ~31 days

Total

12

Last Release

149d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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