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tombroucke/wp-models
====================

Interact with posts, terms & users in a OOP way

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Installation
============

[](#installation)

`composer require tombroucke/wp-models`

Interacting with models
=======================

[](#interacting-with-models)

Create a new class for your custom post type

```
namespace Otomaties\Events\Models;

use Otomaties\WpModels\PostType;

class Event extends PostType {
	/**
     * This method will override the parent method which shows the post date.
     */
    public function date() : DateTime
    {
        $date = $this->meta()->get('date');
        return $date ? DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $date) : null;
    }

    public function time() : string
    {
        return substr($this->meta()->get('time'), 0, 5);
    }

	// ... more custom methods

    public static function postType() : string
    {
        return 'event';
    }
}
```

Client Code
-----------

[](#client-code)

```
$event = new Otomaties\Events\Models\Event(420);
esc_html_e($event->getId()); // Post ID
esc_html_e($event->title()); // Post title
esc_html_e($event->slug()); // Post slug
esc_html_e($event->meta()->get('meta_key')); // Meta (single)
esc_html_e($event->meta()->get('meta_keys', false)); // Meta (multiple)
esc_html_e($event->date()->format('d-m-Y')); // Custom method
esc_html_e($event->time()); // Custom method

$event->meta()->set('meta_key', 'meta_value');
$event->meta()->add('meta_key', 'meta_value_2');

// See src/PostType.php for all default methods
```

Insert, update, delete & query models
=========================================

[](#insert-update-delete--query-models)

Inserting
---------

[](#inserting)

```
	use Otomaties\WpModels\PostTypeRepository;

	$repository = new PostTypeRepository(Event::class);
	$args = [
		'post_title' => 'Event title',
		'post_status' => 'draft',
		'post_content' => 'Event content',
		'meta_input' => [
			'key' => 'value'
		]
	]
	$event = $repository->insert($args); // returns instance of Event::class
```

or

```
	$args = [
		'post_title' => 'Event title',
		'post_status' => 'draft',
		'post_content' => 'Event content',
		'meta_input' => [
			'key' => 'value'
		]
	]
	$event = Event::insert($args);
```

Updating
--------

[](#updating)

```
	use Otomaties\WpModels\PostTypeRepository;

	$event = new Event(420);
	$repository = new PostTypeRepository(Event::class);
	$args = [
		'post_title' => 'Event title',
		'post_status' => 'draft',
		'post_content' => 'Event content',
		'meta_input' => [
			'key' => 'value'
		]
	]
	$event = $repository->update($event, $args); // returns instance of Event::class
```

or

```
	$event = new Event(420);
	$args = [
		'post_title' => 'Event title',
		'post_status' => 'draft',
		'post_content' => 'Event content',
		'meta_input' => [
			'key' => 'value'
		]
	]
	$event = Event::update($event, $args);
```

Deleting
--------

[](#deleting)

```
	use Otomaties\WpModels\PostTypeRepository;

	$event = new Event(420);
	$repository = new PostTypeRepository(Event::class);
	$event = $repository->delete($event);
```

or

```
	$event = new Event(420);
	$event = Event::delete($event);
```

Querying
--------

[](#querying)

### All posts

[](#all-posts)

```
	use Otomaties\WpModels\PostTypeRepository;

	$repository = new PostTypeRepository(Event::class);
	$allEvents = $repository->find(); // Returns post type collection
	$tenEventsOffsetTen = $repository->find(null, 10, 10); // Returns post type collection
```

or

```
	$allEvents = Event::find(); // Returns post type collection
```

### By id

[](#by-id)

```
	use Otomaties\WpModels\PostTypeRepository;

	$repository = new PostTypeRepository(Event::class);
	$event = $repository->find(420)->first(); // Returns PostType object (Event object in this case)
```

or

```
	$event = Event::find(420)->first(); // Returns PostType object (Event object in this case)
```

### Custom query

[](#custom-query)

```
	use Otomaties\WpModels\PostTypeRepository;

	$repository = new PostTypeRepository(Event::class);
	$args = [
		'meta_query' => [
			'relation' => 'OR',
			[
				'key' => 'date',
				'value' => date('Ymd'),
				'compare' => '>='
			],
			[
				'key' => 'date',
				'compare'=>'NOT EXISTS',
			]
		]
	];
	$event = $repository->find($args); // Returns Collection
```

or

```
	$args = [
		'meta_query' => [
			'relation' => 'OR',
			[
				'key' => 'date',
				'value' => date('Ymd'),
				'compare' => '>='
			],
			[
				'key' => 'date',
				'compare'=>'NOT EXISTS',
			]
		]
	];
	$event = Event::find($args); // Returns Collection
```

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance38

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

Every ~58 days

Recently: every ~174 days

Total

17

Last Release

529d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.02022-10-06

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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