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wecodemore/wpstarter
====================

Composer plugin to easily build WordPress websites entirely managed via Composer.

3.0.1(7mo ago)254208.3k↓15.7%33[2 issues](https://github.com/wecodemore/wpstarter/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/wecodemore/wpstarter/pulls)6MITPHPPHP &gt;=7.4CI passing

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WP Starter
==========

[](#wp-starter)

> WordPress whole-site Composer packages has never been so easy.

WP Starter is the easiest and fastest way to bootstrap WordPress sites entirely based on [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

[![PHP Quality Assurance](https://github.com/wecodemore/wpstarter/actions/workflows/php-qa.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/wecodemore/wpstarter/actions/workflows/php-qa.yml)

---

System Requirements
===================

[](#system-requirements)

- PHP 7.1+
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) &gt;= 1.10

### Composer - PHP Support Table

[](#composer---php-support-table)

Composer ↓ / PHP →7.17.27.37.48.08.18.21.10✔✔✔✔✔--2.0✔✔✔✔✔--2.1✔✔✔✔✔✔-2.2✔✔✔✔✔✔✔2.3-✔✔✔✔✔✔2.4-✔✔✔✔✔✔2.5-✔✔✔✔✔✔License
=======

[](#license)

MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.

Dependencies
============

[](#dependencies)

- [Symfony Dotenv](https://symfony.com/doc/3.4/components/dotenv.html)

Contributing
============

[](#contributing)

Contributions are very welcome.

Suggested flow:

- Open an issue to discuss the fix / improvement. Might not be needed for trivial things.
- Fork the repo and create a feature/bug-fix branch from `dev` branch. For trivial changes you might want to work directly on forked `dev` branch.
- Send a PR to `dev` branch

Security Issues
===============

[](#security-issues)

If you have identified a security issue, please email **giuseppe.mazzapica \[at\] gmail.com** and do not file an issue as they are public.

Question? Issues?
=================

[](#question-issues)

WP Starter is hosted on GitHub. Feel free to open issues there for suggestions, questions and real issues.

Who's Behind
============

[](#whos-behind)

I'm Giuseppe, I deal with PHP since 2005. For questions, rants or chat ping me on Mastodon ([@gmazzap@phpc.social](https://phpc.social/@gmazzap)). Well, it's possible I'll ignore rants.

###  Health Score

63

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance73

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity53

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community36

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 92.7% 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 ~81 days

Recently: every ~251 days

Total

49

Last Release

218d ago

Major Versions

1.3.4 → 2.0.02015-04-08

2.4.4 → v3.0.0-beta.12019-02-15

2.4.6 → 3.0.0-beta.22019-05-15

PHP version history (7 changes)1.0.0PHP &gt;=5.3.2

v3.0.0-beta.1PHP &gt;=7.0

2.4.6PHP &gt;=5.3.9

3.0.0-beta.7PHP &gt;=7.1

3.0.0-beta.13PHP &gt;=7.1 &lt; 8.3

3.0.0PHP &gt;=7.4 &lt; 8.5

3.0.1PHP &gt;=7.4

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2208282?v=4)[Giuseppe Mazzapica](/maintainers/gmazzap)[@gmazzap](https://github.com/gmazzap)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3ec7d6330cea83c240e92bf0356e650a0e5f847497c4f3f0e38e16b4b0755b00?d=identicon)[wecodemore](/maintainers/wecodemore)

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Top Contributors

[![gmazzap](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2208282?v=4)](https://github.com/gmazzap "gmazzap (494 commits)")[![wunluv](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/621830?v=4)](https://github.com/wunluv "wunluv (14 commits)")[![tyrann0us](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8144115?v=4)](https://github.com/tyrann0us "tyrann0us (5 commits)")[![Soean](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/695201?v=4)](https://github.com/Soean "Soean (4 commits)")[![nlemoine](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2526939?v=4)](https://github.com/nlemoine "nlemoine (3 commits)")[![amiut](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25235298?v=4)](https://github.com/amiut "amiut (3 commits)")[![lkraav](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/147228?v=4)](https://github.com/lkraav "lkraav (2 commits)")[![kraftner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2428517?v=4)](https://github.com/kraftner "kraftner (2 commits)")[![rodrigoprimo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77215?v=4)](https://github.com/rodrigoprimo "rodrigoprimo (1 commits)")[![kai-jacobsen](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1179975?v=4)](https://github.com/kai-jacobsen "kai-jacobsen (1 commits)")[![toscho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32869702?v=4)](https://github.com/toscho "toscho (1 commits)")[![dottxado](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/23632632?v=4)](https://github.com/dottxado "dottxado (1 commits)")[![voronkovich](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2299535?v=4)](https://github.com/voronkovich "voronkovich (1 commits)")[![cristianobaptista](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1046799?v=4)](https://github.com/cristianobaptista "cristianobaptista (1 commits)")

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Tags

composerhacktoberfestphpwordpresswordpress-developmentcomposerwordpressconfigenvwpcomposer-pluginwp-config

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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