PHPackages                             willnorris/wordpress-license - PHPackages - PHPackages  [Skip to content](#main-content)[PHPackages](/)[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Leaderboard](/leaderboard)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)[Collections](/collections)[Log in](/login)[Sign up](/register)

1. [Directory](/)
2. /
3. [Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)
4. /
5. willnorris/wordpress-license

ActiveWordpress-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility)

willnorris/wordpress-license
============================

This plugins adds the Creative Commons license of choice to a website's metadata.

13.3.7(9y ago)317Apache-2.0PHP >=5.6.0

Since Jan 20Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/willnorris/wordpress-license)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/willnorris/wordpress-license)[ RSS](/packages/willnorris-wordpress-license/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday

READMEChangelog (1)Dependencies (1)Versions (2)Used By (0)

Creative Commons License for WordPress
======================================

[](#creative-commons-license-for-wordpress)

This plugins adds the Creative Commons license of choice to a website's metadata.

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

The plugin provides no UI for configuring it. Instead, you must define a PHP constant named `CC_LICENSE`. This is most easily done by adding a snippet like the following to your wp-config.php file:

```
define('CC_LICENSE', 'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/');

```

Questions
---------

[](#questions)

**What exactly does this plugin add to my site?**

It adds a `` element to each page of your site. It also adds an appropriate element to the XML feeds (rdf, rss, atom) for your site.

**Can I override the license for a specific post?**

Yes, a filter named `cc_license` is called before returning the license. You can override that value under whatever circumstances you want.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.8% 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

3448d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2e3d56273f319d19d7492f8ba06a01fd64a5724e3553b2d1f2ac0f4e399b2cfa?d=identicon)[pfefferle](/maintainers/pfefferle)

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1112?v=4)[Will Norris](/maintainers/willnorris)[@willnorris](https://github.com/willnorris)

---

Top Contributors

[![pfefferle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2373?v=4)](https://github.com/pfefferle "pfefferle (7 commits)")[![willnorris](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1112?v=4)](https://github.com/willnorris "willnorris (2 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/willnorris-wordpress-license/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/willnorris-wordpress-license/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/willnorris-wordpress-license)
```

###  Alternatives

[helsingborg-stad/municipio

A bootstrap theme for creating municipality sites.

4028.3k10](/packages/helsingborg-stad-municipio)[mautic/core

Mautic Open Source Distribution

9.8k2.6k9](/packages/mautic-core)[mediawiki/maps

Adds various mapping features to MediaWiki

78149.7k3](/packages/mediawiki-maps)[rainlab/blog-plugin

Blog plugin for October CMS

17158.6k](/packages/rainlab-blog-plugin)[civicrm/civicrm-drupal-8

Open source constituent relationship management for non-profits, NGOs and advocacy organizations.

19246.3k2](/packages/civicrm-civicrm-drupal-8)[starcitizentools/citizen-skin

A beautiful, usable, responsive MediaWiki skin with in-depth extension support. Originally developed for the Star Citizen Wiki.

3355.8k](/packages/starcitizentools-citizen-skin)

PHPackages © 2026

[Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)