arraypress/wp-faker

A lightweight WordPress library for generating fake data for seeding and testing

dev-main 2026-02-04 16:41 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.4

GPL-2.0-or-later

• David Sherlock

• faker
• testing
• wordpress
• mock
• seed
• dummy-data

README

A lightweight WordPress library for generating fake data for seeding and testing. Built for e-commerce plugins and admin table demos.

Installation

composer require arraypress/wp-faker

Quick Start

use ArrayPress\Faker\Fake;

// Generate a customer
$customer = [
    'name'         => Fake::name(),           // "Sarah Johnson"
    'email'        => Fake::email(),           // "[e-mail]"
    'phone'        => Fake::phone(),           // "[phone]"
    'company'      => Fake::company(),         // "Johnson Technologies"
    'country'      => Fake::country(),         // "us"
    'status'       => Fake::weighted( [ 'active' => 60, 'pending' => 20, 'inactive' => 20 ] ),
    'total_spent'  => Fake::price(),           // 4999 (cents)
    'order_count'  => Fake::number( 1, 50 ),
    'date_created' => Fake::past_date(),       // "2024-03-15 14:22:09"
];

API Reference

People

Fake::first_name();                   // "Sarah"
Fake::last_name();                    // "Johnson"
Fake::name();                         // "Sarah Johnson"
Fake::email();                        // "[e-mail]"
Fake::email( 'Sarah', 'Johnson' );    // Consistent email from name
Fake::phone();                        // "[phone]"

Companies

Fake::company();                      // "Johnson Technologies"

Commerce

Fake::price();                        // 4999 (cents, $1–$5,000)
Fake::price( 500, 10000 );            // Custom range in cents
Fake::sku();                          // "PRD-45821"
Fake::product_name();                 // "Premium Widget"

Location

Fake::country();                      // "us" (lowercase ISO alpha-2)

Dates

Fake::date_between( '-2 years', 'now' );   // "2024-03-15 14:22:09"
Fake::date_between( '-30 days', 'now' );   // Recent date
Fake::past_date();                          // Random date in last 2 years
Fake::past_date( 365 );                    // Random date in last year
Fake::past_date( 30, 'Y-m-d' );           // Date-only format

Text

Fake::sentence();                     // "The customer process would update first."
Fake::sentence( 8 );                  // Exactly 8 words
Fake::paragraph();                    // 3-6 random sentences
Fake::paragraph( 4 );                // Exactly 4 sentences

WordPress

Fake::user_id();                      // 42 (random existing user)
Fake::user_id( 'subscriber' );       // Random subscriber
Fake::post_id();                      // 156 (random published post)
Fake::post_id( 'product' );          // Random product post
Fake::attachment_id();                // 89 (random attachment)
Fake::attachment_id( 'image' );      // Random image attachment
Fake::term_id();                      // 12 (random category)
Fake::term_id( 'post_tag' );         // Random tag

All WordPress methods return null if no matching items exist.

Utilities

// Weighted random selection
Fake::weighted( [
    'active'   => 60,
    'pending'  => 20,
    'inactive' => 20,
] );  // "active" (60% of the time)

// Generate multiple items
Fake::many( fn() => Fake::name(), 10 );  // Array of 10 names

// Random number
Fake::number( 1, 100 );              // Random integer

// Random boolean
Fake::boolean();                      // true/false (50/50)
Fake::boolean( 80 );                 // true 80% of the time

// Pick from any array
Fake::random_element( [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ] );  // Random element

Seeding Example

use ArrayPress\Faker\Fake;

// Seed 100 customers
for ( $i = 0; $i < 100; $i++ ) {
    $first = Fake::first_name();
    $last  = Fake::last_name();

    $query->add_item( [
        'name'         => $first . ' ' . $last,
        'email'        => Fake::email( $first, $last ),
        'phone'        => Fake::phone(),
        'company'      => Fake::company(),
        'country'      => Fake::country(),
        'status'       => Fake::weighted( [ 'active' => 60, 'pending' => 20, 'inactive' => 20 ] ),
        'total_spent'  => Fake::price( 5000, 500000 ),
        'order_count'  => Fake::number( 1, 50 ),
        'notes'        => Fake::boolean( 70 ) ? Fake::sentence() : '',
        'date_created' => Fake::past_date(),
    ] );
}

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or later
• WordPress 6.2 or later (only for the WordPress methods)

License

GPL-2.0-or-later