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wpextend/wpextend
=================

Extends basic Wordpress features.

3.4.2(4y ago)11.3kproprietaryPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Feb 21Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/PaulBalanche/WPextend)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/wpextend/wpextend)[ Docs](https://github.com/PaulBalanche/WPextend/)[ RSS](/packages/wpextend-wpextend/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday

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WP Extend
=========

[](#wp-extend)

- Type: wordpress-plugin
- Current version: 2.6.0
- Contributor: [Paul Balanche](mailto:paul.balanche@gmail.com)
- Homepage:

Description
-----------

[](#description)

**Extends basic Wordpress features such as:**

- add general settings
- easy creating custom post type
- Gutenberg support : -- custom blocks -- patterns

Gutenberg
=========

[](#gutenberg)

1. **Block and patterns theme support:**In your active theme, add block files into "wpextend/

```
+-- wpextend
|   +-- blocks
	|   +-- namespace
		|   +-- my-awesome-block
			|   +-- assets
			|   +-- build
			|   +-- node_modules
			|   +-- src
			|   +-- npm-debug.log
			|   +-- package-lock.json
			|   +-- package.json
			|   +-- README.md
			|   +-- render.php
|   +-- patterns
	|   +-- namespace
		|   +-- my-awesome-pattern.json
|   +-- json
	|   +-- custom_post_type.json
	|   +-- gutenberg_block.json
	|   +-- options.json
	|   +-- site_settings.json

```

###  Health Score

34

—

LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~10 days

Total

148

Last Release

1520d ago

Major Versions

1.4.6 → 2.0.02019-01-21

2.6.3 → 3.0.02021-02-03

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

2.0.2PHP >=7.0.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/39ca58c49fcf43e4f064d3888dfbe158567946fc256dedfe8190d1fdafce3780?d=identicon)[PaulBalanche](/maintainers/PaulBalanche)

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Top Contributors

[![pbuzzbrothers](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/32763220?v=4)](https://github.com/pbuzzbrothers "pbuzzbrothers (175 commits)")

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Tags

pluginwordpresscustom-post-typewpextendgeneral settings

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