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uriweb/uri-modern-news
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URI Modern News is a child theme designed for the University of Rhode Island news site.

v2.4.0(3y ago)0409↓100%GPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP >=7.4

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URI Modern News
===============

[](#uri-modern-news)

URI Modern News is a WordPress theme designed for the University of Rhode Island news site. It is a child theme of URI Modern.

What's new in v2.4.0
--------------------

[](#whats-new-in-v240)

URI Modern News v2.4.0 is a minor release focused on display consistency.

- Adds an archive template for news
- Updates styles for consistency across post archive and search pages
- Limits search to news, media mentions, and community messages

For complete details, see the [commit history](https://github.com/uriweb/uri-modern-news/pull/33/commits) and the [issue tracker](https://github.com/uriweb/uri-modern-news/issues).

How do I get set up?
--------------------

[](#how-do-i-get-set-up)

1. Make sure you have [URI Modern](https://github.com/uriweb/uri-modern) installed first
2. Grab a copy of the [latest version](https://github.com/uriweb/uri-modern-news/releases/latest) of URI Modern News
3. Install it into your WordPress `wp-content/themes` directory
4. Activate it as your site's theme
5. Configure it with Customizer

Contributors: Brandon Fuller, John Pennypacker
Tags: themes
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 6.2
Stable tag: 2.4.0

###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance37

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.8% 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 ~25 days

Total

3

Last Release

1111d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0a74d109801877868232bbebc5d65d94e7d44deefd32c9955a923c5666c2fcb8?d=identicon)[alexandragauss](/maintainers/alexandragauss)

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Top Contributors

[![bjcfuller](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34280996?v=4)](https://github.com/bjcfuller "bjcfuller (77 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (15 commits)")[![alexandragauss](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/108877971?v=4)](https://github.com/alexandragauss "alexandragauss (1 commits)")

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Tags

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