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wpscholar/phpcs-standards-installer
===================================

A custom Composer installer for PHP Code Sniffer standards.

1.0(7y ago)0291GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

Since Nov 21Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP Code Sniffer Standards Installer
====================================

[](#php-code-sniffer-standards-installer)

A Composer plugin that properly registers PHP Code Sniffer standards. Visit the [PHP Code Sniffer coding standard tutorial](https://github.com/squizlabs/PHP_CodeSniffer/wiki/Coding-Standard-Tutorial) to find out more about creating custom coding standards/rulesets.

Create an Installable Coding Standard
-------------------------------------

[](#create-an-installable-coding-standard)

1. Create a repository for hosting your PHP Code Sniffer coding standard.
2. Set the type as `phpcs-standards` in your composer.json file.
3. Require PHP Code Sniffer and this installer as dependencies in your composer.json file:

```
    "type": "phpcs-standards",
    "require": {
        "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^2.9.2",
        "wpscholar/phpcs-standards-installer": "^1.0"
    }
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

- Require any Composer package of type `phpcs-standards`.
- Optionally add any PHP Code Sniffer config options to the `extra` section in your composer.json file

```
    "require": {
      "wpscholar/phpcs-standards-wpscholar": "^1.0"
    },
    "extra": {
        "phpcs-config": {
            "default_standard": "WPScholar",
            "testVersion": "5.4-"
        }
    }
```

- Run `composer install`!

IDE Integration
---------------

[](#ide-integration)

Some IDE integrations of PHPCS will fail to register your ruleset since it doesn't live in your project root. In order to rectify this, place phpcs.xml at your project root:

```

```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2730d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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