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wearerequired/wp-requirements-check
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Simple requirements checking class

1.1.0(7y ago)1316.1k↓50%32GPL-2.0+PHP

Since May 2Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

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WP Requirements Check
=====================

[](#wp-requirements-check)

Simple drop-in class to check minimum PHP and WordPress version requirements in your plugin.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Run `composer require wearerequired/wp-requirements-check`
2. In your main plugin file, instantiate the class using something like this:

```
$requirements_check = new WP_Requirements_Check( array(
	'title' => 'My awesome plugin',
	'php'   => '7.0',
	'wp'    => '4.7',
	'file'  => __FILE__,
	'i18n'  => array(
		/* translators: 1: plugin name. 2: minimum PHP version. */
		'php' => __( '“%1$s” requires PHP %2$s or higher. Please upgrade.', 'my-plugin' ),
		/* translators: 1: plugin name. 2: minimum WordPress version. */
		'wp'  => __( '“%1$s” requires WordPress %2$s or higher. Please upgrade.', 'my-plugin' ),
	),
) );

if ( $requirements_check->passes() ) {
	// Proceed.
}
```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Thanks to Mark Jaquith for his [grunt-wp-plugin](https://github.com/markjaquith/grunt-wp-plugin) template which contains similar code.

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 56.5% 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

Every ~339 days

Total

3

Last Release

2625d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

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