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Top 23 WordPress Open-Source Projects
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sage
WordPress starter theme with Laravel Blade components and templates, Tailwind CSS, and block editor support
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gutenberg
The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository.
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WooCommerce
A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine.
Project mention: The Future of E-commerce: Integrating AI into WooCommerce for Personalized Shopping Experiences | dev.to | 2025-08-28WooCommerce Official Site โ https://woocommerce.com/
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wpscan
WPScan WordPress security scanner. Written for security professionals and blog maintainers to test the security of their WordPress websites. Contact us via contact@wpscan.com
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bedrock
WordPress boilerplate with Composer and Git, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure
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Project mention: Solved: Stop blaming โpluginsโ when your WordPress site is slow | dev.to | 2025-12-27
WordPress Integration: Install a WordPress object cache drop-in (e.g., from the WP-CLI project or a plugin like Redis Object Cache). Copy the object-cache.php file to your wp-content directory.
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headless-wp-starter
๐ช WordPress + React Starter Kit: Spin up a WordPress-powered React app in one step
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WPGraphQL GraphQL endpoint for headless setups (yes, itโs legit)
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RED_HAWK
All in one tool for Information Gathering, Vulnerability Scanning and Crawling. A must have tool for all penetration testers
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Docker-Traefik
Docker media and home server stack with Docker Compose, Traefik, CrowdSec, Google OAuth2/Authelia, and LetsEncrypt. Built with Deployrr and UDMS guides/videos.
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blog-post-workflow
Show your latest blog posts from any sources or StackOverflow activity or Youtube Videos on your GitHub profile/project readme automatically using the RSS feed
Project mention: Your GitHub Profile README Is Boring โ Here Are 10 Templates That Actually Stand Out | dev.to | 2026-03-25Auto-pull your latest articles with blog-post-workflow.
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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.
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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? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | nginxconfig.io | 28,346 |
| 2 | stackedit | 22,861 |
| 3 | sage | 13,213 |
| 4 | wp-calypso | 12,636 |
| 5 | gutenberg | 11,681 |
| 6 | WooCommerce | 10,326 |
| 7 | wpscan | 9,613 |
| 8 | bedrock | 6,521 |
| 9 | timber | 5,649 |
| 10 | argon-theme | 5,512 |
| 11 | wp-cli | 5,104 |
| 12 | corcel | 4,781 |
| 13 | headless-wp-starter | 4,635 |
| 14 | VVV | 4,525 |
| 15 | lando | 4,235 |
| 16 | WordPress-iOS | 3,895 |
| 17 | wp-graphql | 3,780 |
| 18 | ddev | 3,642 |
| 19 | RED_HAWK | 3,597 |
| 20 | Docker-Traefik | 3,442 |
| 21 | blog-post-workflow | 3,400 |
| 22 | wp-bootstrap-navwalker | 3,334 |
| 23 | WordPress-Android | 3,137 |
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