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tfrommen/snowbirdie
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A Snowbird child theme.

v1.1.0(9y ago)210GPL-2.0PHPPHP >=5.4.0

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Snowbirdie
==========

[](#snowbirdie)

> A [Snowbird](https://wordpress.org/themes/snowbird/) child theme.

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Changes](#changes)
    - [Actions](#actions)
    - [Additions](#additions)
    - [Style](#style)
    - [Template Parts](#template-parts)
- [Demo](#demo)
- [License](#license)

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

[](#installation)

Snowbirdie provides a `composer.json` file so you can install it via [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/):

```
$ composer require tfrommen/snowbirdie
```

You can also just [use the generated ZIP file](https://github.com/tfrommen/snowbirdie/releases).

**Notice:** Since Snowbirdie is a **child theme**, you need to have [Snowbird](https://wordpress.org/themes/snowbird/) installed as well.

Changes
-------

[](#changes)

The following sections list all changes (i.e., customizations as well as additions) that will be put in effect when installing Snowbirdie.

### Actions

[](#actions)

#### `snowbirdie.after_footer_widgets`

[](#snowbirdieafter_footer_widgets)

Snowbirdie provides the `snowbirdie.after_footer_widgets` action hook that is fired right after the footer widgets. Hooking there allows you to inject markup after the footer widgets.

#### `snowbirdie.before_footer_widgets`

[](#snowbirdiebefore_footer_widgets)

Snowbirdie provides the `snowbirdie.before_footer_widgets` action hook that is fired right before the footer widgets. Hooking there allows you to inject markup before the footer widgets.

### Additions

[](#additions)

#### Author Bio Sidebar

[](#author-bio-sidebar)

Snowbirdie provides an additional widget area, *Author Bio* (`'author-bio'`), that is located right after the author bio.

#### Footer Widgets

[](#footer-widgets)

Snowbirdie provides a full-width search input in the footer, just before the widgets.

[![Search in Footer](images/search-in-footer.jpg)](images/search-in-footer.jpg)

### Style

[](#style)

#### Author Bio

[](#author-bio)

Snowbirdie wraps the author bio in `` tags by using `wpautop()`.

Furthermore, the whole author bio section is pushed below the content when in mobile view.

#### Avatar

[](#avatar)

Snowbirdie uses rounded borders on avatars.

[![Avatar](images/avatar.jpg)](images/avatar.jpg)

#### Color Scheme

[](#color-scheme)

Snowbirdie provides an additional color scheme: *snowbirdie*.

[![Snowbirdie Color Scheme](images/color-scheme.jpg)](images/color-scheme.jpg)

#### Content Width

[](#content-width)

Snowbirdie uses a content width of 1280 pixels (instead of the original 1110 pixels).

#### Excerpt

[](#excerpt)

Snowbirdie displays a Read More button below every excerpt, no matter if generated or not.

[![Read More Button](images/read-more.jpg)](images/read-more.jpg)

#### Footer Text

[](#footer-text)

Snowbirdie renders a footer text that consists of a copyright notice for the current year, the title of the site, and the description.

[![Footer Text](images/footer-text.jpg)](images/footer-text.jpg)

#### Image Sizes

[](#image-sizes)

Snowbirdie uses the following customized image sizes (all cropped center|center):

- Featured Image: 1920 x 720
- *Snowbird Large*: 1280 x 480
- *Snowbird Thumb*: 400 x 400
- *Snowbird Small*: 120 x 120

#### Links

[](#links)

Snowbirdie decorates all links inside posts with an underline.

### Template Parts

[](#template-parts)

#### Featured Image

[](#featured-image)

Snowbirdie displays a `` element containing the featured image's caption, if exists.

[![Featured Image Caption](images/featured-image-caption.jpg)](images/featured-image-caption.jpg)

#### Loop Sidebar

[](#loop-sidebar)

Snowbirdie always lists the author (i.e., avatar and name) of each post, no matter if there only is one author on the site.

#### Post Meta

[](#post-meta)

For single post view, Snowbirdie also includes the number of comments in the post meta section.

[![Comments in Post Meta](images/comments-in-post-meta.jpg)](images/comments-in-post-meta.jpg)

Demo
----

[](#demo)

If you would like to see Snowbirdie in action, please refer to [my personal website](https://tfrommen.de).

License
-------

[](#license)

This code is licensed under the [GNU General Public License](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3465d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/70760a65c49683cfa79f9b9e6d59aab61aad23742a02bd0e25916dfc23fe347d?d=identicon)[tfrommen](/maintainers/tfrommen)

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Top Contributors

[![tfrommen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6049306?v=4)](https://github.com/tfrommen "tfrommen (6 commits)")

---

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