# Acorn

Composer package that loads Laravel components, such as Blade, Eloquent and Artisan, inside WordPress plugins and themes.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/acorn/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-20
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-20

## Record

### Links

- home: https://roots.io/acorn/
- repository: https://github.com/roots/acorn
- docs: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Roots Software LLC
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 8.3
- basedOn: laravel, wordpress

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: blade
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer require

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 6
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-22

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1008
- packagistDownloads: 2737269
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 54
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 122389
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 152
- dependentPackages: 47

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn (read 2026-10-20)
- urls: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/ (read 2026-10-20)
- maintainer: https://github.com/roots/acorn/blob/main/LICENSE.md (read 2026-10-20)
- category: https://roots.io/acorn/ (read 2026-10-20)
- basedOn: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- basedOn: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn (read 2026-10-20)
- runtime: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- runtimeMin: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- installMethod: https://roots.io/acorn/docs/installation/ (read 2026-10-20)
- templating: https://roots.io/acorn/ (read 2026-10-20)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn (read 2026-10-20)
- currentMajor: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/roots/acorn.json (read 2026-10-20)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn/releases/latest (read 2026-10-20)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn (read 2026-10-20)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/roots/acorn/contributors (read 2026-10-20)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/roots/acorn.json (read 2026-10-20)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/roots%2Facorn (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/roots%2Facorn (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/roots/acorn/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Acorn is a Composer package that loads a Laravel application container inside WordPress, so a plugin or theme can use Laravel components such as Blade templates, Eloquent models, migrations and queues. It follows the WordPress lifecycle and template hierarchy, so WordPress still selects the template for each page. The `wp acorn` command exposes Laravel's Artisan commands, and the [installation guide](https://roots.io/acorn/docs/installation/) describes the setup.

## Worth knowing

Acorn runs inside a WordPress site and takes its server requirements from WordPress and Laravel.

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