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wpstarter/wp-testbench
======================

A tool to set up a WordPress test environment for PHPUnit testing

v1.0.2(3y ago)32.7k↓80%11MITPHPPHP ^7.3|^8.0

Since Jun 4Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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About WpTestbench
-----------------

[](#about-wptestbench)

WpTestbench is a tool used to set up a WordPress test environment for PHPUnit testing, in order to test your plugin.

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

[](#installation)

Install testbench via composer

```
composer require wpstarter/wp-testbench --dev

```

Install WordPress

```
./vendor/bin/wp-testbench-install   [db-pass] [db-host] [wp-version] [--skip-database-creation]

```

Update phpunit.xml

```

    ...

        ...

```

Custom wp-config.php

```

```

That's all then you can run the PHPUnit test

```
./vendor/bin/phpunit

```

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

1125d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2641656?v=4)[as247](/maintainers/as247)[@as247](https://github.com/as247)

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Top Contributors

[![as247](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2641656?v=4)](https://github.com/as247 "as247 (42 commits)")

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Tags

phpunittesttestingtesting-toolsunittestwordpresstestingphpunitunittestwordpress

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