corcel/corcel

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4776 stars · 600 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Corcel is a PHP library of Eloquent ORM model classes that lets any PHP application query a WordPress database directly. It enables using WordPress as a backend/CMS while building the frontend or API with Laravel or another PHP framework.

Use cases

• use WordPress as the admin backend for a Laravel app
• query WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types from PHP
• build a headless WordPress setup with Laravel
• access WordPress users, taxonomies, and menus via Eloquent models
• integrate ACF fields and post meta into a PHP application
• authenticate WordPress users from a Laravel application

When to choose

• you want WordPress for content editing but a custom PHP/Laravel frontend
• you need Eloquent-style access to WordPress database tables
• you want to avoid the WordPress REST API overhead

When to avoid

• you need a fully decoupled, language-agnostic headless CMS via REST/GraphQL
• your project does not use PHP or Composer
• you want to modify WordPress behavior itself rather than read its data

Facets

library · maturity active

orm database auth cms web-development backend databases php wordpress eloquent headless-cms model-layer composer laravel

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