PHP wordpress-development

Open-source PHP projects categorized as wordpress-development

Top 23 PHP wordpress-development Projects

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  1. WordPress-Coding-Standards

    PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to enforce WordPress coding conventions

    Project mention: WordPress Coding Standards for PHP_CodeSniffer | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-05
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  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. action-scheduler

    A scalable, traceable job queue for background processing large queues of tasks in WordPress. Specifically designed for distribution in WordPress plugins (and themes) - no server access required.

  7. intervention

    WordPress plugin to configure wp-admin and application state using a single config file.

  8. co-cart

    A developer-first REST API to decouple WooCommerce on the frontend. Fast, secure, customizable, easy.

  9. WPBones

    WordPress framework for Laravel developers

    Project mention: WPBones v2 — The Webpack Release | dev.to | 2026-04-20

    wpbones.com got a full refresh for v2:

  10. InstantWP

    InstantWP is a complete standalone, portable WordPress development environment.

  11. wp-phpunit

    WordPress core PHPUnit library. [READ ONLY] Versions for new WordPress releases are built daily.

  12. wp-project-skeleton

    A skeleton WordPress project to be used as a base for new WordPress projects.

  13. query-monitor-twig-profile

    Displays Twig profiler output in Query Monitor

  14. wp-options-page

    The easiest way to build :gear: settings pages for your WordPress plugins and themes.

  15. touchstone

    A tool for making the writing of tests in WordPress plugins and themes easier.

  16. wp-plugin-base

    Powerful opinated boilerplate for WordPress plugins :electric_plug:

  17. tutorials

    For tutorials on our blog (by wpmetabox)

  18. wp-hook-expose

    🔌 A lightweight plugin to create webhooks in WordPress.

  19. base-wp-theme

    Base WP Theme is a starter WordPress theme to use as a base to build WordPress themes from scratch.

    Project mention: Using GitHub Copilot to Manage Issues (and Save Time) | dev.to | 2025-07-31

    url: https://github.com/sarahcssiqueira/base-wp-theme/issues/11 state: "open" draft: false title: "Add Full Site Editing (FSE) and Block Theme Support" number: 11 author: sarahcssiqueira created_at: "2025-07-26T19:36:28Z" closed_at: null labels: name: "enhancement" ```

  20. wp-plugin-update-server

    A WordPress solution to manage your own, personal plugin marketplace, integrated with GitHub.

    Project mention: How the WPPF Update Helper Connects Private Plugins to Native WordPress Updates | dev.to | 2026-03-24

    Update Server: https://github.com/kyle-niemiec/wp-plugin-update-server

  21. wordpress-discord-post-integration

    Post integration between WordPress and Discord platforms

  22. perseo-feedback-system

    The Perseo Feedback System is an open-source plugin for WordPress sites. It adds a feedback prompt to your pages, asking users a question of your choice with two simple buttons. You can set the options within the "Perseo Feedback" settings menu that appears after plugin activation.

  23. estar

    A lightweight and highly customizable WordPress theme.

  24. kleiderordnung-berlin

    Kleiderordnung.Berlin is a portfolio website for sustainable stylist Tina Steinke in Berlin. Her website was developed by Ingo Steinke.

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-development projects in PHP? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 WordPress-Coding-Standards 2,751
2 plugin-update-checker 2,540
3 advanced-custom-fields-pro 1,348
4 air-light 1,151
5 action-scheduler 713
6 intervention 642
7 co-cart 405
8 WPBones 169
9 InstantWP 108
10 wp-phpunit 80
11 wp-project-skeleton 53
12 query-monitor-twig-profile 32
13 wp-options-page 26
14 touchstone 19
15 wp-plugin-base 14
16 tutorials 13
17 wp-hook-expose 12
18 base-wp-theme 11
19 wp-plugin-update-server 8
20 wordpress-discord-post-integration 6
21 perseo-feedback-system 4
22 estar 3
23 kleiderordnung-berlin 3

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