Mai Engine
The required plugin to power Mai child themes.
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Install
No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:
wp plugin install https://github.com/maithemewp/mai-engine/archive/refs/heads/develop.zipDeclares an update source (https://github.com/maithemewp/mai-engine/), so updates arrive through the plugin's own updater.
From the readme
Mai Engine
The required plugin to power Mai themes.
Development
Mai Engine makes use of two package managers, NPM for JavaScript and Composer for PHP packages.
Handy CLI commands
Important: Remember to specify the --url parameter if on multisite. E.g --url=demo.bizbudding.com/success-business.
- wp mai generate - Generates starter content for a site (Home page etc).
- wp option delete 'mai-engine' - Deletes all setting options.
Setup the development environment
1. Clone this repository into your WordPress site's plugins directory.
2. Change directories into the plugin folder from the command line:
3. Install Composer and any PHP dependencies with the following command:
Please note that this step requires that you have Composer installed globally on your machine. We recommend using Homebrew to install Composer: brew install composer
4. Install Node packages:
Please note that this step requires that you have Node installed globally on your machine. We recommend using Homebrew to install Node: brew install node
Composer scripts
Mai Engine uses PHP Code Sniffer for linting and fixing coding standards. To lint all PHP files against Wo
Read the full README on GitHub →
Releases
| Tag | Published |
|---|---|
| 2.40.0 | Jul 2, 2026 |
| 2.39.0 | May 18, 2026 |
| 2.38.1 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 2.38.0 | Dec 17, 2025 |
| 2.37.0 | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 2.36.1 | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 2.36.0 | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 2.35.1 | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 2.35.0 | Dec 5, 2024 |
| 2.34.1 | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 2.34.0 | Apr 9, 2024 |
| 2.33.1 | Feb 7, 2024 |
| 2.33.0 | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 2.32.2 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 2.32.1 | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 2.31.3 | Jan 8, 2024 |
| 2.31.2 | Jan 8, 2024 |
| 2.31.1 | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 2.31.0 | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 2.30.4 | Nov 8, 2023 |
| 2.30.3 | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 2.30.2 | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 2.30.1 | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 2.30.0 | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 2.29.1 | Jun 28, 2023 |
These releases are tags only. The author does not attach a packaged zip, so there are no download counts to report.