The WordPress showcase

Discover the best projects built with WordPress

A hand-curated, daily-updated gallery of open-source projects. Browse the ecosystem, ranked by GitHub stars.

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AllDevTools1248UI Kits171E-commerce119Templates102Blogs79

1969 projects

NGINX config generator on steroids. Maintained by digitalocean on GitHub, where it has earned 28,280 stars from the community.

In-browser Markdown editor. Maintained by benweet on GitHub, where it has earned 23,046 stars from the community.

WordPress starter theme with Laravel Blade components and templates, Tailwind CSS, and block editor support. Maintained by roots on GitHub, where it has earned 13,251 stars from the community.

The JavaScript and API powered WordPress.com. Maintained by Automattic on GitHub, where it has earned 12,641 stars from the community.

The Block Editor project for WordPress and beyond. Plugin is available from the official repository. Maintained by WordPress on GitHub, where it has earned 11,745 stars from the community.

A customizable, open-source ecommerce platform built on WordPress. Build any commerce solution you can imagine. Maintained by woocommerce on GitHub, where it has earned 10,443 stars from the community.

WPScan WordPress security scanner. Written for security professionals and blog maintainers to test the security of their WordPress websites. Contact us via [email protected]. Maintained by wpscanteam on GitHub, where it has earned 9,722 stars from the community.

WordPress boilerplate with Composer and Git, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure. Maintained by roots on GitHub, where it has earned 6,553 stars from the community.

Create WordPress themes with beautiful OOP code and the Twig Template Engine. Maintained by timber on GitHub, where it has earned 5,654 stars from the community.

Argon - 、 WordPress. Maintained by solstice23 on GitHub, where it has earned 5,559 stars from the community.

WP-CLI framework. Maintained by wp-cli on GitHub, where it has earned 5,128 stars from the community.

Use WordPress backend with Laravel or any PHP application. Maintained by corcel on GitHub, where it has earned 4,777 stars from the community.

WordPress + React Starter Kit: Spin up a WordPress-powered React app in one step. Maintained by postlight on GitHub, where it has earned 4,547 stars from the community.

An open source Vagrant configuration for developing with WordPress. Maintained by Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants on GitHub, where it has earned 4,525 stars from the community.

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A development tool for all your projects that is fast, easy, powerful and liberating. Maintained by lando on GitHub, where it has earned 4,237 stars from the community.

A WordPress theme that is built with AI-assisted reading features, colorful, user-friendly, well-rounded, and rich in functionalities. Support Chinese, English, Japanese, Français (soutien de base) languages. Based on Theme Sakura. AI WordPress ，、、、。、、、（）。 Sakura 。. Maintained by mirai-mamori on GitHub, where it has earned 4,037 stars from the community.

WordPress for iOS - Official repository. Maintained by wordpress-mobile on GitHub, where it has earned 3,909 stars from the community.

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A Wonderful WordPress Theme:. Maintained by mashirozx on GitHub, where it has earned 3,827 stars from the community.

GraphQL API for WordPress. Maintained by wp-graphql on GitHub, where it has earned 3,790 stars from the community.

All in one tool for Information Gathering, Vulnerability Scanning and Crawling. A must have tool for all penetration testers. Maintained by Tuhinshubhra on GitHub, where it has earned 3,737 stars from the community.

Docker media and home server stack with Docker Compose, Traefik, CrowdSec, Google OAuth2/Authelia, and LetsEncrypt. Built with Deployrr and UDMS guides/videos. Maintained by SimpleHomelab on GitHub, where it has earned 3,452 stars from the community.

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. Maintained by gautamkrishnar on GitHub, where it has earned 3,433 stars from the community.

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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. Maintained by wp-bootstrap on GitHub, where it has earned 3,324 stars from the community.

WordPress theme that focus on reading experience. Maintained by seatonjiang on GitHub, where it has earned 3,321 stars from the community.

WordPress for Android. Maintained by wordpress-mobile on GitHub, where it has earned 3,149 stars from the community.

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All-in-One Native Local Development Environment for Windows, macOS & Linux. Docker alternative for PHP, Node.js, Python and more. Faster alternative to XAMPP, Laragon, MAMP and Laravel Herd with databases, Cron Jobs and runtime management. Maintained by xpf0000 on GitHub, where it has earned 3,111 stars from the community.

CMB2 is a developer's toolkit for building metaboxes, custom fields, and forms for WordPress that will blow your mind. Maintained by CMB2 on GitHub, where it has earned 3,014 stars from the community.

WordPress，// | A high-value adaptive theme based on WordPress, supports light and dark modes, no refresh loading, etc. Maintained by Licoy on GitHub, where it has earned 2,946 stars from the community.

A DLNA, UPnP and HTTP(S) Media Server. Maintained by UniversalMediaServer on GitHub, where it has earned 2,657 stars from the community.

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WordPress LEMP stack with PHP 8.3, Composer, WP-CLI and more. Maintained by roots on GitHub, where it has earned 2,573 stars from the community.

A custom update checker for WordPress plugins. Useful if you don't want to host your project in the official WP repository, but would still like it to support automatic updates. Despite the name, it also works with themes. Maintained by YahnisElsts on GitHub, where it has earned 2,554 stars from the community.

WordPress WebStack https://nav.iowen.cn. Maintained by owen0o0 on GitHub, where it has earned 2,448 stars from the community.

Agent-native visual CMS. Build sites with Claude/Codex/whatever, manage them visually. Maintained by primocms on GitHub, where it has earned 2,359 stars from the community.

Craft beautiful websites effortlessly with an intuitive visual builder and publish them instantly. Maintained by frappe on GitHub, where it has earned 2,334 stars from the community.

Command-line control panel for Nginx Server to manage WordPress sites running on Nginx, PHP, MySQL, and Let's Encrypt. Maintained by EasyEngine on GitHub, where it has earned 2,174 stars from the community.

A boilerplate for WordPress, built with Composer and designed with sensible defaults. Maintained by vinkla on GitHub, where it has earned 2,174 stars from the community.

The WordPress Plugin to Store Uploads on Amazon S3. Maintained by humanmade on GitHub, where it has earned 2,149 stars from the community.

Easy Wordpress development with Docker and Docker Compose. Maintained by nezhar on GitHub, where it has earned 2,036 stars from the community.

Yoast SEO for WordPress. Maintained by Yoast on GitHub, where it has earned 1,980 stars from the community.

Run WordPress in the browser via WebAssembly PHP. Maintained by WordPress on GitHub, where it has earned 1,967 stars from the community.

Multi-stage command line deploy/mirroring and task runner for Wordpress. Maintained by welaika on GitHub, where it has earned 1,880 stars from the community.

Markdown 、，. Maintained by LetTTGACO on GitHub, where it has earned 1,874 stars from the community.

Security, performance, marketing, and design tools — Jetpack is made by WordPress experts to make WP sites safer and faster, and help you grow your traffic. Maintained by Automattic on GitHub, where it has earned 1,843 stars from the community.

Enable AMP on your WordPress site, the WordPress way. Maintained by ampproject on GitHub, where it has earned 1,809 stars from the community.

CMS. Maintained by SecWiki on GitHub, where it has earned 1,766 stars from the community.

The developer tools panel for WordPress and WooCommerce. Maintained by johnbillion on GitHub, where it has earned 1,764 stars from the community.

X Attacker Tool Website Vulnerability Scanner & Auto Exploiter. Maintained by Moham3dRiahi on GitHub, where it has earned 1,753 stars from the community.

Kubernetes Course Files. Maintained by wardviaene on GitHub, where it has earned 1,734 stars from the community.

An extensible Markdown Editor, Viewer and Weblog Publisher for Windows. Maintained by RickStrahl on GitHub, where it has earned 1,689 stars from the community.

Automate your WordPress development workflow. Maintained by luangjokaj on GitHub, where it has earned 1,641 stars from the community.

A WordPress theme with the guts ripped out and replaced with Vue. Maintained by EvanAgee on GitHub, where it has earned 1,600 stars from the community.

Faust.js™ - The Headless WordPress Toolkit. Maintained by wpengine on GitHub, where it has earned 1,598 stars from the community.

Install and manage a high performance WordPress stack with a few keystrokes. Maintained by WordOps on GitHub, where it has earned 1,556 stars from the community.

All the power of Pug, Sass, Coffeescript and WebPack in your WordPress theme. Stop writing themes like it's 1998. Maintained by welaika on GitHub, where it has earned 1,420 stars from the community.

Site Kit is a one-stop solution for WordPress users to use everything Google has to offer to make them successful on the web. Maintained by google on GitHub, where it has earned 1,393 stars from the community.

Exposes Advanced Custom Fields Endpoints in the WordPress REST API. Maintained by airesvsg on GitHub, where it has earned 1,360 stars from the community.

Advanced Custom Fields Pro, Git-ified. Automatically synced via GitHub Actions! This repository is just a mirror of the Advanced Custom Fields Pro plugin. Please do not send pull requests and issues. Maintained by pronamic on GitHub, where it has earned 1,349 stars from the community.

A modern performance-focused theme development toolkit for WordPress. Maintained by wprig on GitHub, where it has earned 1,327 stars from the community.

A fast and flexible search and query engine for WordPress. Maintained by 10up on GitHub, where it has earned 1,304 stars from the community.

Headless WordPress built with the Next.js App Router and React Server Components. Maintained by 9d8dev on GitHub, where it has earned 1,291 stars from the community.

What is WordPress?

WordPress is the world’s most widely used CMS for blogs, sites, and content platforms. This gallery lists 1,969 open-source projects built with WordPress, most of them in DevTools, UI Kits and E-commerce, ranked by GitHub stars so the most-adopted repositories come first.

How projects are selected

Projects are public GitHub repositories found with the GitHub search query “topic:wordpress” and at least 20 stars. Each repository is checked against WordPress’s languages and ecosystem before it is categorized, and stars, forks and last-commit dates come straight from the GitHub API, refreshed daily (current snapshot: October 6, 2026). Nothing here is paid placement.

WordPress projects: FAQ

How many open-source WordPress projects are listed?: 1,969 open-source projects built with WordPress are listed, sourced from public GitHub repositories as of October 6, 2026.
What is the most-starred WordPress project on GitHub?: nginxconfig.io by digitalocean leads with 28,280 GitHub stars (28.3k), followed by stackedit with 23,046.
What kinds of projects are built with WordPress?: The largest category is DevTools, with 1,248 projects (63% of the gallery), followed by UI Kits with 171. Projects span 14 categories in total.
Which license do most WordPress projects use?: MIT is the most common license, used by 493 of 1,969 projects (25%); GPL-2.0 is next with 411. 645 projects declare no recognized license.

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