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wpsitecare/carelib
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A collection of helpful functions to make creating an awesome theme more enjoyable.

2.2.1(5y ago)164.6k1[3 issues](https://github.com/wpsitecare/carelib/issues)GPL-2.0+PHP

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CareLib
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[](#carelib)

A collection of helpful functions to make creating an awesome theme more enjoyable.

**Contributors:** [Robert Neu](https://github.com/robneu), [Ozzy Rodriguez](https://github.com/ozzyrod), [Jose Castaneda](https://github.com/jocastaneda)
**Requires:** WordPress 4.0
**Tested up to:** WordPress 5.5.0
**License:** [GPL-2.0+](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

CareLib is a drop-in library for WordPress parent themes. You can learn more about it by reading our [Wiki documentation](https://github.com/cipherdevgroup/carelib/wiki) and see an implementation of it in our [Alpha starter theme](https://github.com/cipherdevgroup/alpha).

Many of the ideas and concepts in CareLib were derived from the [Hybrid Core](https://github.com/justintadlock/hybrid-core) framework by [Justin Tadlock](https://github.com/justintadlock).

###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.1% 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 ~324 days

Recently: every ~368 days

Total

7

Last Release

2105d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02016-08-01

1.0.0 → 2.0.02017-05-17

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/502a0cdcdd066fcd1653b87bf901fb62eab4846f9af0ec69dbc1289404b53bf7?d=identicon)[robneu](/maintainers/robneu)

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Top Contributors

[![robneu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2184093?v=4)](https://github.com/robneu "robneu (674 commits)")[![ozzyrod](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4117229?v=4)](https://github.com/ozzyrod "ozzyrod (11 commits)")[![jocastaneda](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1500554?v=4)](https://github.com/jocastaneda "jocastaneda (2 commits)")

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Tags

librarywordpresswordpress-themewordpress-theme-frameworkwordpress

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