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wpscholar/wp-skeleton
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Setup a new WordPress installation via Composer.

1.0.6(6y ago)3546110GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

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WordPress Skeleton
==================

[](#wordpress-skeleton)

Setup a new WordPress installation via Composer

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

PHP 5.6+

Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

Install [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md)

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer create-project wpscholar/wp-skeleton {directory}
```

Replace `{directory}` above with the folder name of your new project.

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

[](#configuration)

Open up the `.env` file and edit your database credentials. The default file is designed to work with [Local](https://localwp.com/).

Reminder
--------

[](#reminder)

Don't forget to:

- Customize the `readme.md` file for your project
- Update the project's meta data in the `composer.json` file.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

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 ~322 days

Recently: every ~405 days

Total

7

Last Release

2273d 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 (23 commits)")

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Tags

composerphpwordpress-developmentwordpress-installationwordpress-sitecomposerwordpresscmsblogSkeletonwpackagist

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