WordPress
WordPress Joined May 2010 View on GitHub
- Stars
- 68,899
- across 217 public repos
- Rank
- #373
- of 94,827 organizations, top 0.4%
- Down 8 places this week
Repositories with 50+ stars
| Rank | Repository | Language | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2,154 | WordPress, Git-ified. This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please do not send pull requests. Submit pull requests to... | PHP | 21,531 |
| 4,704 | The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository. | TypeScript | 11,788 |
| 18,713 | Requests for PHP is a humble HTTP request library. It simplifies how you interact with other sites and takes away all your worries. | PHP | 3,572 |
| 19,079 | WordPress Develop, Git-ified. Synced from git://develop.git.wordpress.org/, including branches and tags! This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress subversion repository. Please include a... | PHP | 3,509 |
| 23,863 | PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) to enforce WordPress coding conventions | PHP | 2,843 |
| 28,888 | Expert-level WordPress knowledge for AI coding assistants - blocks, themes, plugins, and best practices | JavaScript | 2,350 |
| 34,239 | Run WordPress in the browser via WebAssembly PHP | JavaScript | 1,989 |
| 35,642 | An MCP adapter that bridges the Abilities API to the Model Context Protocol, enabling MCP clients to discover and invoke WordPress plugin, theme, and core abilities programmatically. | PHP | 1,914 |
| 58,069 | Examples for extending WordPress/Gutenberg with blocks. | JavaScript | 1,163 |
| 78,954 | Two-Factor Authentication for WordPress. | PHP | 828 |
| 95,269 | A simple theme for testing Gutenberg. | PHP | 676 |
| 96,316 | Theme Test Data | 668 | |
| 109,339 | Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media. This monorepo includes all application code. | Python | 582 |
| 112,193 | Dashicons, the WordPress admin icon font. For the official resource, please see the WordPress Developer Hub. | JavaScript | 566 |
| 115,885 | Our book about WordPress. Volume 1, first ten years | Python | 546 |
| 117,670 | Experimenting with themes made out of blocks. | CSS | 537 |
| 133,207 | Performance plugin from the WordPress Performance Group, which is a collection of standalone performance modules. | PHP | 467 |
| 145,053 | A WordPress plugin to create block themes | JavaScript | 424 |
| 156,884 | Twenty Twenty-Two, the default WordPress theme that will launch with WordPress 5.9. | PHP | 388 |
| 157,228 | AI features and experiments for WordPress. Modular framework for testing AI capabilities. | PHP | 387 |
| 162,846 | Theme Check plugin | PHP | 372 |
| 165,209 | Feature Plugin to add SQLite support to WordPress. Under Development. | PHP | 366 |
| 165,627 | A repository for the new Plugin Check plugin from the WordPress Performance and Plugins Team. | PHP | 365 |
| 177,208 | Practical examples for building WordPress blocks and extending the Editor. | JavaScript | 338 |
| 177,704 | WordPress.org Learn - The canonical source for the code and content behind https://learn.WordPress.org | PHP | 337 |
| 184,819 | Twenty Sixteen is a theme now included in all WordPress installs. To report any issues please go here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/newticket | CSS | 322 |
| 188,411 | Twenty Nineteen is a theme now included in all WordPress installs. To report any issues please go here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/newticket | CSS | 315 |
| 189,448 | A provider agnostic PHP AI client SDK to communicate with any generative AI models of various capabilities using a uniform API. | PHP | 313 |
| 198,696 | Twenty Twenty is included in Core as of WordPress 5.3 🎉 To report any issues, please go here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/newticket | CSS | 296 |
| 208,362 | OpenStation is a WordPress plugin that turns /wp-admin into a desktop-style interface with movable windows and a dock menu. It’s opt-in per user, doesn’t change core, and fully reverts on... | TypeScript | 280 |
| 238,325 | Documentation parser powering developer.wordpress.org | PHP | 239 |
| 254,215 | Demo of the Interactivity API | PHP | 221 |
| 260,992 | A WordPress API for declaring and discovering plugin, theme, and core abilities in a human- and machine-readable way. | PHP | 214 |
| 273,711 | WP Feature Notifications - a proposal to modernise the way in which WordPress handles emails, admin notices and user notifications | PHP | 202 |
| 279,478 | TypeScript | 197 | |
| 280,677 | PHP | 196 | |
| 290,546 | Health Check is a WordPress plugin that will perform a number of checks on your WordPress install to detect common configuration errors and known issues. | PHP | 188 |
| 294,382 | A collection of scripts that provision the official WordPress.org websites into a Varying Vagrant Vagrants installation. | PHP | 185 |
| 294,382 | PHP | 185 | |
| 304,015 | Twenty Seventeen is a theme now included in all WordPress installs. To report any issues please go here: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/newticket | CSS | 178 |
| 306,862 | Ongoing development of Twenty Twenty-One, the new default WordPress theme slated for 5.6. | PHP | 176 |
| 314,358 | A plugin to restore the Classic Editor in WordPress. | JavaScript | 171 |
| 323,871 | WordPress.org Meta, Git-ified. Synced from git://meta.git.wordpress.org/ This repository is just a mirror of the WordPress Meta subversion repository. Please include a link to a pre-existing... | PHP | 165 |
| 323,871 | PHP | 165 | |
| 332,296 | WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. | PHP | 160 |
| 350,412 | WordPress Advanced Administration Handbook. This handbook will have the most technical, general, documentation about WordPress. | 150 | |
| 377,307 | A fork of the long-abandoned SWFUpload project, maintained by WordPress and others to ensure that a secure version of SWFUpload exists. Report security vulnerabilities to... | ActionScript | 137 |
| 379,574 | WordPress.org Plugin Directory Guidelines | 136 | |
| 379,574 | Secure Custom Fields | PHP | 136 |
| 381,784 | The WordPress Block Pattern Directory | PHP | 135 |
| 388,724 | Browse the WordPress Web. | JavaScript | 132 |
| 391,058 | Test your WordPress plugin with Plugin Check | TypeScript | 131 |
| 403,472 | An AI client and API for WordPress to communicate with any generative AI models of various capabilities using a uniform API. | PHP | 126 |
| 422,176 | Blueprints gallery and examples | HTML | 119 |
| 425,075 | Twenty Twenty-Three, the default WordPress theme sporting many styles that will launch with WordPress 6.1. | HTML | 118 |
| 430,810 | The WordPress user documentation portal | PHP | 116 |
| 452,655 | Issue Tracker for the WordPress Documentation team. | Shell | 109 |
| 459,226 | ⚠️ WARNING: This repository is no longer active. The development and discussions have been moved to the Gutenberg repository. | PHP | 107 |
| 469,582 | [Archived] Theme for browsehappy.com. Now maintained in the WordPress Meta repository: github.com/WordPress/wordpress.org | PHP | 104 |
| 484,538 | The WordPress Security White Paper, available directly on the WordPress.org site at https://wordpress.org/about/security/ | HTML | 100 |
| 492,019 | A collection of Block Themes built by the WordPress community. | HTML | 98 |
| 495,784 | WordPress Hosting Team Handbook | PHP | 97 |
| 508,066 | An API that allows consent management plugins to work together through a standardized interface. Planned for adoption to WordPress Core. | PHP | 94 |
| 516,717 | WordPress Coding Standards Docs | 92 | |
| 530,469 | The WordPress Importer | PHP | 89 |
| 535,290 | Collection of JS modules and tools for WordPress development | JavaScript | 88 |
| 540,159 | Slides: Presentations with WordPress | JavaScript | 87 |
| 560,658 | Third-party articles and specific tutorials on PHP upgrades. | 83 | |
| 560,658 | A block-based child theme for WordPress.org, plus local environment | PHP | 83 |
| 566,050 | The Openverse API allows programmatic access to search for CC-licensed and public domain digital media. | Python | 82 |
| 577,196 | Development of the Global Header and other mu-plugins used on WordPress.org. | PHP | 80 |
| 588,876 | PHP | 78 | |
| 613,506 | The gateway to the Openverse. Openverse is a search tool for CC-licensed and public domain content across the internet. | Vue | 74 |
| 620,073 | 73 | ||
| 620,073 | The official WordPress AI benchmark. Evaluate how well language models understand WordPress development—from core APIs and coding standards to plugin architecture and security best practices. | Python | 73 |
| 626,819 | A public domain marketing flyer/brochure about the reasons to use WordPress, brought to you by some members of the WordPress community. | HTML | 72 |
| 640,697 | Feature plugin for testing and experimenting with the "loading" HTML attribute. | PHP | 70 |
| 640,697 | PHP | 70 | |
| 640,697 | WordPress Feature Project: Plugin Dependencies | PHP | 70 |
| 648,239 | Docker images for use with the Core local development environment. | Dockerfile | 69 |
| 655,643 | An experiment. | PHP | 68 |
| 663,597 | Ipsum is a blank canvas built around the blogging experience, our proposal for what a default theme should be. | PHP | 67 |
| 671,357 | Desktop app that sets up a WordPress core development environment with no prerequisites, applies the work already on a Trac ticket, and submits a contribution back. | JavaScript | 66 |
| 679,510 | WordPress.org Developer theme | PHP | 65 |
| 687,784 | Standalone, dependency-free PHP libraries for WordPress and PHP projects — XML, ZIP, Git, HTTP, Markdown, Filesystem, and more. | PHP | 64 |
| 713,786 | Press This is a little tool that lets you grab bits of the web and create new posts with ease. It will even allow you to choose from images or videos included on the page and use them in your... | JavaScript | 61 |
| 713,786 | Identifies and collects data on cc-licensed content across web crawl data and public apis. | Python | 61 |
| 742,438 | Plugins and themes for the Five for the Future subsite | PHP | 58 |
| 752,797 | Feature plugin building a UI for opting-in to plugin, theme, and core auto-updates. | PHP | 57 |
| 752,797 | Welcome to the WordPress Plugin Developer Handbook; are you ready to jump right in to the world of WordPress plugins? | 57 | |
| 774,411 | Information page about PHP versions and updates, to be used through the WordPress.org project. | 55 | |
| 774,411 | Style Guide for WordPress documentation. | 55 | |
| 774,411 | A repository of feature examples for block themes. | PHP | 55 |
| 797,198 | JavaScript | 53 | |
| 797,198 | Our book about WordPress. Version 2 | 53 | |
| 821,529 | Patch Trac based projects | JavaScript | 51 |
| 834,146 | In this GitHub space, WordPress team coordinates content to be published on the Developer Blog. Discussions and montly meetings (first Thu - 15:00 UTC) in WP Slack #core-dev-blog | 50 |
Among 94,827 organizations
63k–100k stars: 206 organizations, including WordPress
Stars along the bottom, and organizations in each band on a log scale
Where the stars are
Languages
- PHP 42.1k stars, 61% · 49 repos
- TypeScript 12.4k stars, 18% · 4 repos
- JavaScript 7.5k stars, 11% · 14 repos
- CSS 1.6k stars, 2% · 5 repos
- Python 1.3k stars, 2% · 5 repos
- HTML 507 stars, 1% · 5 repos
- ActionScript 137 stars, <1% · 1 repo
- Shell 109 stars, <1% · 1 repo
and 2 more languages
When they were made
97 repos with 50+ stars, made between 2011 and 2026
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- Public repos
- 217, 97 with 50+ stars
- Popular repos
- 9 over 1k stars, 2 over 10k stars
- Top repo
- WordPress, #2,154 of all repos, 31% of stars
- Smaller repos
- 1,551 stars from repos under 50