Lumberjack is a powerful MVC framework for the modern WordPress developer. Write better, more expressive and easier to maintain code.

Coming from another PHP framework such as Laravel, have experience using Timber with WordPress but want more, or are just getting started with modern WordPress? Then Lumberjack is for you.

Use as little or as much as you need, it's beginner friendly!

The Lumberjack documentation can be found here:

https://docs.lumberjack.rareloop.com

For more information, check out the website:

https://lumberjack.rareloop.com

Note: This repository is just the starter theme used for the project and doesn't require updating very often. The majority of the development work, and where progress can be seen if you're interested, is in the framework repository

See the documentation for details on how to get started: https://docs.lumberjack.rareloop.com/getting-started/installation

Standing on the shoulders of giants, Lumberjack proudly builds on the great work of other open source WordPress projects.

• Bedrock
• Timber

Object orientated and MVC patterns help keep your code structured and DRY.

index.php

class IndexController
{
    public function handle()
    {
        $context = Timber::get_context();
        $context['posts'] = Post::whereStatus('publish')
            ->limit(5)
            ->get();

        return new TimberResponse('index.twig', $context);
    }
}

index.twig

{% if posts is not empty %}
    <h4>Recent Articles</h4>
    <ul>
        {% for post in posts %}
            <li class="article">
                <h3>{{ $post->title }}</h3>
                {{ $post->preview }}
                <a href="{{ $post->link }}">Read the full story</a>
            </li>
        {% endfor %}
    </ul>
{% endif %}

Lumberjack is the deluxe version of what Modern WordPress should look like today. The team has done a great job of making it easy to build complicated custom applications while taking advantage of the best parts of WordPress.

- Jared Novack - Timber creator

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Lumberjack is available under the MIT license and you're free to use it for personal or commercial projects.

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