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tacowordpress/taco-theme
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A bare theme for WordPress that uses TacoWordPress

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--- # Taco Theme > \_Always start with a shell.\_ | A bare theme for WordPress that uses \[tacowordpress\]() Installing tacowordpress into the theme can be done in 1 of 2 ways,

1. using the [taco-installer](https://github.com/tacowordpress/taco-installer), or
2. manually installing this Taco Theme to a WordPress instance by following the instructions below:

Manually Installing Taco Theme to a WordPress instance
------------------------------------------------------

[](#manually-installing-taco-theme-to-a-wordpress-instance)

*without the taco-installer*

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

[](#requirements)

- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/)

Installing / Getting started
----------------------------

[](#installing--getting-started)

With a WordPress instance already setup, create a new directory in the theme and call it taco-theme. Download this taco-theme, and copy/paste all the contents from /src into the new WordPress taco-theme directory.

Next,

cd into the taco-theme's `/app/core` directory, in your WordPress instance, and run `composer install`

This will install [tacowordpress](https://github.com/tacowordpress/tacowordpress) and all other composer-specified dependencies on the `composer.json` file at this level.

For information on how to use tacowordpress, check out the [repo](https://github.com/tacowordpress/tacowordpress). For complete documentation, see the [wiki](https://github.com/tacowordpress/tacowordpress/wiki).

Running tasks inside the theme
------------------------------

[](#running-tasks-inside-the-theme)

For all frontend-related tasks, including: compiling, entrypoints, minification, see the theme's [README.md file](/src/README.md).

###  Health Score

23

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LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity47

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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