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wpscholar/wp-file-upload-validator
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A file upload validator for WordPress.

1.2.1(4y ago)25.1kGPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

Since Oct 16Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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WordPress File Upload Validator
===============================

[](#wordpress-file-upload-validator)

Validate that a file upload has no errors and consists of the correct file extension, file type and/or mime type.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require wpscholar/wp-file-upload-validator
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$file_handle = 'avatar'; // Name of the file input field.

$validator = new wpscholar\WordPress\FileUploadValidator( $file_handle );

$validator->addAllowedFileType( 'image' );
$validator->addAllowedMimeType( 'image/jpeg', 'image/png' );
$validator->addAllowedFileExtension( 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'png' );

$isValid = $validator->isValid(); // Returns "true" or a WP_Error instance containing the error message.
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~515 days

Total

4

Last Release

1637d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ae89dc177002c2f67341cde2d525e3f3c5b1d6aaaf07df15257a284f001c5551?d=identicon)[wpscholar](/maintainers/wpscholar)

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Top Contributors

[![wpscholar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/890951?v=4)](https://github.com/wpscholar "wpscholar (6 commits)")

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