README.md
# DWS WordPress Framework - Foundations
**Contributors:** Antonius Hegyes, Deep Web Solutions GmbH
**Requires at least:** 5.5
**Tested up to:** 5.8
**Requires PHP:** 7.4
**Stable tag:** 1.7.0
**License:** GPLv3 or later
**License URI:** http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
## Description
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A set of related foundational classes to kick-start WordPress plugin development. This package contains many abstractions useful
for building a WordPress plugin.
## Documentation
Documentation for this module and the rest of the DWS WP Framework can be found [here](https://framework.deep-web-solutions.com/foundations-module/motivation-and-how-to-use).
## Installation
The package is designed to be installed via Composer. It may work as a stand-alone but that is not officially supported.
The package's name is `deep-web-solutions/wp-framework-foundations`.
If the package will be used outside a composer-based installation, e.g. inside a regular WP plugin, you should install
using the `--ignore-platform-reqs` option. If you don't do that, the bundled `DWS WordPress Framework - Bootstrapper` package
will only be able to perform checks for the WordPress version because composer will throw an error in case of an incompatible PHP version.
## Contributing
Contributions both in the form of bug-reports and pull requests are more than welcome!
## Frequently Asked Questions
- Will you support earlier versions of WordPress and PHP?
Unfortunately not. PHP 7.3 is close to EOL (March 2021), and we consider 7.4 to provide a few features that are absolutely amazing.
Moreover, WP 5.5 introduced a few new features that we really want to use as well, and we consider it to be one of the first versions
of WordPress to have packed a more-or-less mature version of Gutenberg.
If you're using older versions of either one, you should really consider upgrading at least for security reasons.
- Is this bug-free?
Hopefully yes, probably not. If you found any problems, please raise an issue on Github!
## Changelog
### 1.7.0 (January 13th, 2022)
* Updated hooks to conform to new format in the rest of the framework.
### 1.6.0 (November 23rd, 2021)
* The AbstractPlugin class now requires the plugin slug to be passed on in the constructor.
### 1.5.4 (November 2nd, 2021)
* Fixed regression: logging service not setting the plugin instance on plugin-aware handlers.
### 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3 (October 28th, October 29th, October 30th, 2021)
* Plugin component abstractions are now at the namespace root.
* Utilities sub-namespace was removed.
* More use of helpers from the Helpers module.
* More use of PHP7.4 features.
* Removed recursiveness from the logging service.
* Hooks and Assets helpers definition is now compatible with those from the Helpers module.
* Added a new MultiContainerAwareInterface and trait to go with it.
* Simplified MultiStoreAwareTrait.
### 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4 (April 11th, April 23rd, August 19th, September 29th, 2021)
* Compatibility with Helpers 1.2.
* Consolidated changelog.
* Documentation updates.
* Migrated from Travis CI to Github Actions.
* Changed the joining separator for hooks tags.
* ChildTrait is now consistent with ParentTrait when checking for relations.
### 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.4.0 (April 10th, 2021)
* Fixed a bug that caused only a maximum of 1 status extension trait to be executed.
* Updated composer.json to support any version of the PSR packages.
* Some action extension traits are now integration traits.
### 1.3.0 (April 9th, 2021)
* Updated development tools.
* Renamed the StoreableInterface to StorableInterface.
* Renamed all instances of 'storeable' with 'storable'.
### 1.2.1 (April 3rd, 2021)
* Added a conditional children setup trait.
### 1.2.0 (April 3rd, 2021)
* Enhanced the Actions traits with the piping functionality from the Core module.
### 1.1.1 (April 2nd, 2021)
* Updated version constant.
### 1.1.0 (April 2nd, 2021)
* Renamed some traits for consistency with the rest of the modules.
* Updated Helpers module.
* Added a new initialization extension trait for hierarchical objects that use a DI container.
### 1.0.0 (April 1st, 2021)
* First official release.