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Open-source PHP projects categorized as WordPress

Top 23 PHP WordPress Projects

  1. sage

    WordPress starter theme with Laravel Blade components and templates, Tailwind CSS, and block editor support

  2. AppSignal

    Monitoring that respects your time & budget. APM, error tracking, and dashboards for modern web apps. Ten-minute setup, transparent flat pricing, and support from engineers who actually use the product.

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  3. WooCommerce

    A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.

    Project mention: Créer un site e-commerce : vendre en ligne en 2026 | dev.to | 2026-10-08
  4. bedrock

    WordPress boilerplate with Composer and Git, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure

  5. timber

    Create WordPress themes with beautiful OOP code and the Twig Template Engine (by timber)

  6. argon-theme

    📖 Argon - 一个轻盈、简洁的 WordPress 主题

  7. wp-cli

    ⚙️ WP-CLI framework

    Project mention: WordPress security hardening: a practical checklist for 2026 | dev.to | 2026-10-02

    Before changing anything, find out where you stand. If you have WP-CLI on the server, these read-only commands tell you a lot:

  8. corcel

    Use WordPress backend with Laravel or any PHP application

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. wp-graphql

    :rocket: GraphQL API for WordPress

  11. RED_HAWK

    All in one tool for Information Gathering, Vulnerability Scanning and Crawling. A must have tool for all penetration testers

  12. wp-bootstrap-navwalker

    A custom WordPress nav walker class to fully implement the Twitter Bootstrap 4.0+ navigation style (v3-branch available for Bootstrap 3) in a custom theme using the WordPress built in menu manager.

  13. CMB2

    CMB2 is a developer's toolkit for building metaboxes, custom fields, and forms for WordPress that will blow your mind.

  14. plugin-update-checker

    A custom update checker for WordPress plugins. Useful if you don't want to host your project in the official WP repository, but would still like it to support automatic updates. Despite the name, it also works with themes.

  15. wordplate

    A boilerplate for WordPress, built with Composer and designed with sensible defaults.

  16. S3-Uploads

    The WordPress Plugin to Store Uploads on Amazon S3

  17. jetpack

    Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic.

    Project mention: Flat Rate Website Acceleration Tools for Agencies | dev.to | 2026-01-07

    Jetpack Complete bundles security, backups, performance, and design tools. Flat rate for up to 10,000 sites.

  18. amp-wp

    Enable AMP on your WordPress site, the WordPress way.

  19. wp2static

    WordPress static site generator for security, performance and cost benefits

  20. advanced-custom-fields-pro

    Advanced Custom Fields Pro, Git-ified. Automatically synced via GitHub Actions! This repository is just a mirror of the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin. Please do not send pull requests and issues.

  21. ElasticPress

    A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress.

  22. air-light

    💨 WordPress starter theme - designed to be dependency-free, minimal, ultra-lightweight (< 20 kB) and easy for all kinds of WordPress projects. We prefer the original WordPress way of doing things - no strange templating languages or frameworks here.

  23. wordpress-static-site-exporter

    WordPress plugin to export posts, pages & metadata to Markdown + YAML for Jekyll, Hugo, or any static site generator

  24. storefront

    Official theme for WooCommerce (by woocommerce)

  25. wordpress-admin-style

    This plugin reference elements from wp-admin in an overview with the necessary markup and CSS classes to help you to develop WordPress compliant.

  26. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source WordPress projects in PHP? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 sage 13,283
2 WooCommerce 10,541
3 bedrock 6,578
4 timber 5,648
5 argon-theme 5,590
6 wp-cli 5,160
7 corcel 4,777
8 wp-graphql 3,791
9 RED_HAWK 3,727
10 wp-bootstrap-navwalker 3,324
11 CMB2 3,013
12 plugin-update-checker 2,569
13 wordplate 2,171
14 S3-Uploads 2,162
15 jetpack 1,850
16 amp-wp 1,811
17 wp2static 1,465
18 advanced-custom-fields-pro 1,350
19 ElasticPress 1,302
20 air-light 1,173
21 wordpress-static-site-exporter 1,079
22 storefront 1,020
23 wordpress-admin-style 980

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