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voceconnect/wp-dependencies
===========================

A composer package for WordPress to help manage plugin dependencies.

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WP Dependencies
===============

[](#wp-dependencies)

A composer package for WordPress to autoload plugin dependencies.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### For Themes and Plugins

[](#for-themes-and-plugins)

##### Require the Dependencies and WP Dependencies Package

[](#require-the-dependencies-and-wp-dependencies-package)

Add a reference to wp-dependencies to your theme's or plugin's composer.json along with any other plugins that need to be active.

```
{
    "name": "my-account/my-theme",
    "type": "wordpress-theme",
    "authors": [
        {
            "name": "John Doe",
            "email": "john@example.com"
        }
    ],
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "composer",
            "url" : "http://wp-plugins.packagist.voceconnect.com/"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "config": {
    	"vendor-dir": "vendor"
    },
    "require": {
        "voceconnect/wp-dependencies": "~0.1",
        "wpackagist/thermal-api: "~0.7"
        ...
    }
}

```

#### Add Composer's Autoload

[](#add-composers-autoload)

##### For WordPress Projects

[](#for-wordpress-projects)

Because of the way WordPress loads, it is suggested that the `mu-plugins` directory be set as the vendor. This allows Composer's `autoload.php` to be loaded automatically after WordPress' plugin API has already been setup.

```
{
    ...
    "config": {
        "vendor-dir": "wp-content/mu-plugins"
    },
    ...
}

```

#### For WordPress Themes or Plugins

[](#for-wordpress-themes-or-plugins)

Include Composer's `autoload.php` in the theme's `functions.php` or in your plugin's main file. The below example assume's the plugin's or theme's `vendor-dir` setting `composer.json` is set to `vendor`.

```
// bootstrap composer autoload for dependencies
if(file_exists( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'vendor' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'autoload.php' ) ) {
	include_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'vendor' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'autoload.php' );
}

```

#### Load Dependencies

[](#load-dependencies)

For dependencies or plugins that do not autoload through composer, you will need to load the dependency through one of two ways.

```
do_action( 'wp_load_dependency', 'some-plugin-name', 'main-plugin-file.php');

```

or

```
if (function_exists('wp_load_dependency')) {
	 wp_load_dependency('some-plugin-name', 'main-plugin-file.php');
}

```

The former action based loading is preferred as it provides more flexibility for future iterations.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~684 days

Total

5

Last Release

1845d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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