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wpcompatibility/wp-compatibility
================================

WPCompatibility has a collection of PHPCS sniffs which will tell you if your plugin/theme code is compatible with a specific wordpress version

0.0.3(2y ago)122GPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.4

Since May 31Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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WPCompatibility
===============

[](#wpcompatibility)

`wpcompatibility` is a collection of PHP\_CodeSniffer (PHPCS) sniffs designed to check if your WordPress plugin/theme code is compatible with specific WordPress versions.

Table of Contents
-----------------

[](#table-of-contents)

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Usage](#usage)
- [Functions](#Functions)
- [Buy me a coffee ☕](https://buymeacoffee.com/naveen17797)

Installation:
-------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require wpcompatibility/wp-compatibility
```

Usage:
------

[](#usage)

### Command

[](#command)

```
# For single wp version
WP_COMPAT_PHPCS_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS='5.0.0' vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=WPCompatibility your-plugin-or-theme-folder/

# To test against multiple wp versions you can separate versions by comma
WP_COMPAT_PHPCS_SUPPORTED_VERSIONS='5.0.1,6.0' vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=WPCompatibility your-plugin-or-theme-folder/
```

### Ruleset File

[](#ruleset-file)

```

```

### Functions

[](#functions)

- Detect if a wordpress function is present in specific version. For example if you have a plugin file with the below code which is set to be compatible with 5.0, this will throw an error

```

```

```
Function: wp_date is not available in wordpress version 5.0.0

```

- Verify wordpress function signature, if you pass less number of arguments to a wordpress function then it will raise an error.

### [Buy me a coffee ☕](https://buymeacoffee.com/naveen17797)

[](#buy-me-a-coffee-)

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###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity28

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

762d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18109258?v=4)[naveen](/maintainers/naveen17797)[@naveen17797](https://github.com/naveen17797)

---

Top Contributors

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---

Tags

phpcsphpcs-standardswordpresswordpress-pluginwordpress-theme

###  Code Quality

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