# wprig/wprig

A modern performance-focused theme development toolkit for WordPress.

Repository: https://github.com/wprig/wprig
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/wprig
Homepage: https://wprig.io
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: wordpress, performance, progressive, build-tools, wordpress-child-theme, wordpress-starter-theme, wordpress-theme-development
Last push: 2026-08-26T00:05:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3033, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 29, "gap_med": 46.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1328, forks 279 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:23.738372+00:00)

## What it is
WP Rig is a performance-focused WordPress theme boilerplate and development toolkit that promotes progressive enhancement, accessibility, and mobile-first best practices. It includes a modern build system and tooling for developing production-ready parent and child themes.

## Use cases
- start a new WordPress theme with modern build tooling
- create a performance-optimized WordPress starter theme
- develop a WordPress child theme with a full dev workflow
- apply progressive enhancement and accessibility best practices to a WP theme
- set up a mobile-first WordPress theme development environment

## When to choose
- you are building a custom WordPress theme from scratch and care about performance
- you want a starter theme with modern CSS/JS build pipelines
- you need a solid foundation for parent or child theme development

## When to avoid
- you need a ready-made production theme with designs and layouts out of the box
- you are not working with WordPress
- you prefer page builders or block-only theme development without a build step

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: build-tool, templating, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, cms, developer-tools, performance
- platform: windows, php
- tags: wordpress, starter-theme, child-theme, progressive-enhancement, theme-development, boilerplate, boilerplate, linux, macos, nodejs

## Member repositories
- wprig/wprig (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.738372+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 2026-08-30T08:33:15.397503+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/wprig/wprig (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.738372+00:00, sha 9a09891fe7da)
  - homepage: https://wprig.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:17.105526+00:00, sha 44136fa355b3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.