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

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

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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)

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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

64

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community35

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

171d 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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