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zodiac1978/tl-template-checker
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A WordPress plugin that warns you about old template files in your child theme.

1.0.10(1mo ago)2625[4 issues](https://github.com/Zodiac1978/tl-template-checker/issues)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP >=5.6.0CI passing

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Child Theme Check
=================

[](#child-theme-check)

A WordPress plugin that warns you about old template files in your child theme.

Why?
----

[](#why)

Child Themes are used to avoid overwriting your customizations. But if you preserve a file in a child theme, then you maybe preserve a security risk. After an update from the parent theme you should always check the changes and maybe add them to your child theme. This plugin helps you keeping track of these changes in the parent theme.

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

[](#requirements)

You have to use a child theme. If a child theme is active, you can see the status or the diff view under **Child Theme Check** in **Tools**.

For full usage of the plugin you have to define the version of the template file in the header of the PHP file with an additional @version info.

For example: `* @version 1.0.0`

If this is the case you will see a warning if the version of the parent theme file is higher than your child theme file. And you can see the differences between the parent theme file and the child theme file per wp\_text\_diff()-function like in revisions.

Thanks
------

[](#thanks)

Thank you very much @WooThemes and @WooCommerce for using the GPL, so that I can grab so much of their code to build this plugin.

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

### 1.0.10

[](#1010)

- Tested with WordPress 7.0
- Adding PHPStan to project
- Fix errors reported by PHPStan and Plugin Check
- General code maintenance

### 1.0.9

[](#109)

- Tested with WordPress 6.6

### 1.0.8

[](#108)

- Upublished because of problems with SVN

### 1.0.7

[](#107)

- Tested with WordPress 6.5

### 1.0.6

[](#106)

- Fix CSS

### 1.0.5

[](#105)

- Fix broken layout in Wordpress 5.7 (Thanks to Torsten Bulk for the report)
- Fix PHP warning
- Tested up to 5.7

### 1.0.4

[](#104)

- not released

### 1.0.3

[](#103)

- Fix flashing of first diff view
- More i18n improvements (Thanks [@pedro-mendonca](https://github.com/pedro-mendonca))
- Tested up to 5.4

### 1.0.2

[](#102)

- fixed some WordPress coding standards issues
- added Github Updater Metadata
- updated readme.txt
- i18n improvements (Thanks [@pedro-mendonca](https://github.com/pedro-mendonca))
- Tested up to 5.3

### 1.0.1

[](#101)

- Fixed typo in German translation (Thanks [@pixolin](https://github.com/pixolin))
- Changed text for action link on plugins page (Thanks [@presskopp](https://github.com/presskopp))
- Tested up to 4.6.1

### 1.0.0

[](#100)

- Initial public release

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 87% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community20

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 89.5% 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 ~266 days

Total

4

Last Release

34d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/870475?v=4)[Torsten Landsiedel](/maintainers/zodiac1978)[@Zodiac1978](https://github.com/Zodiac1978)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

child-themediffhacktoberfestparent-themephpwordpresswordpress-plugin

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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