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tonik/theme
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Tonik is a WordPress Starter Theme which aims to modernize, organize and enhance some aspects of WordPress theme development.

v3.1.1(5y ago)1.3k3.5k131[13 issues](https://github.com/tonik/theme/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/tonik/theme/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Nov 28Pushed 4y ago61 watchersCompare

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Tonik — WordPress Starter Theme
===============================

[](#tonik--wordpress-starter-theme)

> The `develop` branch tracks starter development and it's not a stable code. If you want a stable version, use the [`master`](//github.com/tonik/theme/tree/master) branch or one of the latest [releases](//github.com/tonik/theme/releases).

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a371dfa2b5672f8ba9179fe266572cedd0852c845dd432fef3c7ae91118197db/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f746f6e696b2f7468656d652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/tonik/theme) [![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c006dbf61a68ce53ebc521b0d0ad07772fe41c2fa257dcfd23a2e44c05b09f3c/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f746f6e696b2f7468656d652e737667)](https://github.com/tonik/theme) [![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/79daf867cd2bff8c92823d7f52be353a0368934dac0f06b3fcafe528fe32931f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f746f6e696b2f7468656d652e737667)](https://github.com/tonik/theme)

### Tonik is a WordPress Starter Theme which aims to modernize, organize and enhance some aspects of WordPress theme development.

[](#tonik-is-a-wordpress-starter-theme-which-aims-to-modernize-organize-and-enhance-some-aspects-of-wordpress-theme-development)

Take a look at what is waiting for you:

- [ES6](https://babeljs.io/learn-es2015/) for JavaScript
- [SASS](http://sass-lang.com/) preprocessor for CSS
- [Webpack](https://webpack.js.org/) for managing, compiling and optimizing theme's asset files
- Simple [CLI](https://github.com/tonik/cli) for quickly initializing a new project
- Ready to use front-end boilerplates for [Foundation](//foundation.zurb.com/sites.html), [Bootstrap](//getbootstrap.com/docs/3.3/), [Bulma](//bulma.io/) and [Vue](//vuejs.org/)
- Utilizes PHP [Namespaces](http://php.net/manual/pl/language.namespaces.php)
- Simple [Theme Service Container](http://symfony.com/doc/2.0/glossary.html#term-service-container)
- Child Theme friendly [Autoloader](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoload)
- Readable and centralized Theme Configs
- Oriented for building with [Actions](https://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Action) and [Filters](https://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Filter)
- Enhanced [Templating](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/PHP_Programming/Why_Templating) with support for passing data

### Requirements

[](#requirements)

Tonik Starter Theme follows [WordPress recommended requirements](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/). Make sure you have all these dependences installed before moving on:

- WordPress >= 4.7
- PHP >= 7.0
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)
- [Node.js](https://nodejs.org)

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

[](#documentation)

Comprehensive documentation of the starter is available at

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

[](#contributing)

Great that you are considering supporting the project. You have a lot of ways to help us grow. We appreciate all contributions, even the smallest.

- Report an issue
- Propose a feature
- Send a pull request
- Star project on the [GitHub](https://github.com/tonik/tonik)
- Tell about project around your community

License
-------

[](#license)

The Tonik Starter Theme is licensed under the [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

43

—

FairBetter than 91% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community27

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.1% 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 ~53 days

Recently: every ~269 days

Total

26

Last Release

2115d ago

Major Versions

1.0.x-dev → v2.0.0-alpha.12017-04-11

2.0.x-dev → v3.0.0-rc.12018-03-13

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.6

v2.0.0-rc.2PHP >=7.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/34cf97bf3f839128cdedb3961010d8e6def8f50ec8539493406a0d5a2623a040?d=identicon)[jedrzejchalubek](/maintainers/jedrzejchalubek)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/65bbff5dc48f9592b14d851de43a45fb440b400c4663f39a2de4de83928747d4?d=identicon)[pgtonik](/maintainers/pgtonik)

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Top Contributors

[![jedrzejchalubek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3652932?v=4)](https://github.com/jedrzejchalubek "jedrzejchalubek (204 commits)")[![albinhubsch](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4778987?v=4)](https://github.com/albinhubsch "albinhubsch (1 commits)")[![crissoca](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/309676?v=4)](https://github.com/crissoca "crissoca (1 commits)")[![simonvomeyser](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10830728?v=4)](https://github.com/simonvomeyser "simonvomeyser (1 commits)")[![zungx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9120896?v=4)](https://github.com/zungx "zungx (1 commits)")

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Tags

wordpresswordpress-developmentwordpress-starter-themewordpress-themewordpressthemewordpress-themetonikginwordpress-starter-theme

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