Differences and similarities to WPStarter and

[ibes]

Hi,

I am happily using WordPlate in one project right now and thinking about integrating it in another big project soon. Right now I try to figure out if WordPlate is the option that I should choose and try to compare it with Bedrock and WPStarter.

Bedrock: https://github.com/roots/bedrock and WPStarter: https://github.com/wecodemore/wpstarter/tree/version-3 (Version 3 in beta)

There is already a good comparison between Bedrock and WPStarter that I found + I asked the developer of WPStarter for how it compares to the both - but he did not really know WordPlate. (https://github.com/wecodemore/wpstarter/issues/87)

May I ask you where you see the differences between WordPlate and both other systems?

It seems like all three systems have a similarly long history and are all mature and I try to see clear what the differences in the approaches are.

Thank you a lot for the work that you put in WordPlate!

[vinkla]

Hey @ibes, I'm glad that you like working with WordPlate!

That is a good question. What it comes done too is different kind of flavours, which you've already has stated in a previous discussion. All three frameworks thrive to make the WordPress development experience better. We all want to push the WordPress development forward.

What WordPlate does differently:

• It focus on simplicity and availability.
• It pushes for new PHP standards and following PHP-FIG.
• It hides most of the logic in wordplate/framework which makes it easy for users to update WordPlate (without having to copy/paste code).
• It ships with Laravel Mix support. If a developer doesn't want or have time to learn for example Webpack, Laravel Mix is a great alternative to get started with and it comes with an easy API.
• It ships with wordplate/plate which is a plugin to simplify the administrator dashboard for users. Removing the clutter.
• It doesn't ship with an opinionated theme. Building themes with WordPlate works like any other WordPress project.
• It comes with must-use plugins out of the box.

There you've a few points why we like working with WordPlate. As stated above, most of the WordPress boilerplates and frameworks out there are a good fit. It all comes down to developer preference.