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underpin/menu-loader
====================

Menu loader for Underpin

1.1.0(4y ago)01321[1 PRs](https://github.com/Underpin-WP/menu-loader/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

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Underpin Menu Loader
====================

[](#underpin-menu-loader)

Loader That assists with adding navigation menus to a WordPress website.

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

[](#installation)

### Using Composer

[](#using-composer)

`composer require underpin/menu-loader`

### Manually

[](#manually)

This plugin uses a built-in autoloader, so as long as it is required *before*Underpin, it should work as-expected.

`require_once(__DIR__ . '/underpin-menus/menus.php');`

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

1. Install Underpin. See [Underpin Docs](https://www.github.com/underpin-wp/underpin)
2. Register new menus as-needed.

Example
-------

[](#example)

A very basic example could look something like this.

```
// Register menu
underpin()->menus()->add( 'example-menu', [
	'name'        => underpin()->__( 'translate-able name' ), // required. Fills "description" in register_nav_menu
	'location'    => 'example-menu'                         // Required. See register_nav_menu
] );
```

Alternatively, you can extend `Menu` and reference the extended class directly, like so:

```
underpin()->menus()->add('menu-key','Namespace\To\Class');
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.9% 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 ~202 days

Total

2

Last Release

1636d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9e6206223bd6f2a57b8ac80605b1b5c3521faaec18ad3f20f25fb728a9a13784?d=identicon)[tstandiford](/maintainers/tstandiford)

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Top Contributors

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menuunderpinwordpress

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