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wearerequired/filename-normalizer
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WordPress mu-plugin to normalize filenames before they are uploaded.

1.0.1(8y ago)516.4kGPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Jan 13Pushed 2y ago2 watchersCompare

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Filename Normalizer
===================

[](#filename-normalizer)

> **Note**
> Since [WordPress 6.1](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/53754) this plugin is no longer required.

Normalizes filenames before they are uploaded.

`täst.png` uses a vowel followed by a diaeresis (`a\xcc\x88`). The normalizer normalizes the name so that for example `remove_accents()` can replace `ä` (`\xC3\xA4`) with `ae`.

This is especially useful in combination with the [Clean Image Filenames](https://wordpress.org/plugins/clean-image-filenames/) plugin which uses `sanitize_title()` (and thus `remove_accents()`).

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

[](#installation)

The package type is `wordpress-muplugin`. Example of a `composer.json`:

```
{
  "name": "wearerequired/something",
  "description": "required.com",
  "license": "GPL-2.0-or-later",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "required gmbh",
      "email": "info@required.ch"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "php": ">=5.6",
    "koodimonni/composer-dropin-installer": "dev-master",
    "johnpbloch/wordpress": "~4.9",
    "wearerequired/filename-normalizer": "^1.0"
  },
  "extra": {
    "wordpress-install-dir": "wordpress/wp",
    "installer-paths": {
      "wordpress/content/plugins/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-plugin"
      ],
      "vendor/{$vendor}/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-muplugin"
      ],
      "wordpress/content/themes/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-theme"
      ]
    },
    "dropin-paths": {
      "wordpress/content/mu-plugins/": [
        "type:wordpress-muplugin"
      ]
    }
  },
  "minimum-stability": "dev",
  "prefer-stable": true
}
```

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3048d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1446895?v=4)[required](/maintainers/wearerequired)[@wearerequired](https://github.com/wearerequired)

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Top Contributors

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