# deliciousbrains/wp-background-processing

WordPress background processing class

Repository: https://github.com/deliciousbrains/wp-background-processing
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wp-background-processing
Language: PHP
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-08-24T15:14:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 67/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3890, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 624, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1137, forks 172 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:43.913082+00:00)

## What it is
A PHP library for WordPress that enables non-blocking asynchronous requests and queued background task processing. It lets plugin and theme developers offload slow operations like emails or bulk updates to background workers with automatic health checks and queue restarts.

## Use cases
- run slow tasks in the background in a wordpress plugin
- send emails asynchronously from wordpress
- queue and process bulk tasks without blocking page loads
- process large imports in batches in wordpress
- offload slow operations from wordpress requests

## When to choose
- you are building a WordPress plugin or theme that needs background job processing
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free task queue inside WordPress
- you want non-blocking one-off async requests for slow operations

## When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose job queue outside of WordPress
- you require durable distributed queues with advanced features like retries, priorities, or multiple workers
- your project is not PHP or does not run on WordPress

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: concurrency, scheduling, workflow-automation
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: wordpress, background-processing, async-requests, task-queue, wp-plugin-development, web-server

## Member repositories
- deliciousbrains/wp-background-processing (main) score 67

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.913082+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:36:14.357602+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/deliciousbrains/wp-background-processing (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:43.913082+00:00, sha 7283c1b57bbd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.