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whitespace-se/wordpress-boilerplate-standard
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Boilerplate for a standard setup of Wordpress

0.1.0(5y ago)016MITPHP

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Wordpress Standard Boilerplate
==============================

[](#wordpress-standard-boilerplate)

Boilerplate for a standard setup of Wordpress

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

1. Create project with Composer ```
    composer create-project whitespace-se/wordpress-boilerplate-standard
    ```
2. Update package name, author and description in *composer.json* and *package.json*.
3. Duplicate all example files in /config and update them to match your setup.
4. Create your empty database.
5. Run `valet link`.
6. Run `valet open` and then the Wordpress install wizard.

### Install and activate ACF Pro

[](#install-and-activate-acf-pro)

1. Create a .env file and add your ACF Pro key.
2. Install ACF Pro: ```
    composer require "advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-pro":"*"
    ```
3. Activate the ACF Pro plugin: ```
    wp plugin activate advanced-custom-fields-pro
    ```

### Final steps

[](#final-steps)

1. Set `phpVersion` inside *.prettierrc.yml* to the lowest version of PHP required by your environments.

Format code using Prettier
--------------------------

[](#format-code-using-prettier)

1. Run `yarn install` to install Prettier.
2. Run `yarn format` to format all applicable files.
3. Install a sutiable Prettier plugin for you aditor to format files automatically on save.
4. Also install the Editorconfig for your editor to format files not supported by Prettier.

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60% 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

1975d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3590?v=4)[Tom Clark](/maintainers/whitespace)[@Whitespace](https://github.com/Whitespace)

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