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Generate plausible data for seeding a development site or a demo.

What it does

A plugin is easier to build against a hundred orders than against none, and screenshots of an empty table sell nothing. Filling a site by hand takes an afternoon, and 'Test Customer 1' shows every layout bug except the ones real data has.

This generates names, emails, prices, dates and the rest, weighted so the spread looks like a real store rather than a uniform random one.

Features

Generate names, emails, phone numbers and companies that look real
Generate prices in minor units, so nothing has to be converted afterwards
Pick a value with weights, so most orders are complete and a few failed
Get a date in the past, or between two points, for a believable history
Pull a real id from the site — a user, post or attachment that exists
Generate many at once, for seeding a table in one go

Installation

composer require --dev arraypress/wp-faker

Quick start

Seeding a customer:

use ArrayPress\Faker\Fake;

$customer = [
	'name'         => Fake::name(),
	'email'        => Fake::email(),
	'country'      => Fake::country(),
	'total_spent'  => Fake::price(),
	'status'       => Fake::weighted( [
		'active'   => 60,
		'pending'  => 20,
		'inactive' => 20,
	] ),
	'date_created' => Fake::past_date(),
];

The weights are the useful part: a seeded table where every status is equally likely does not look like anything, and hides the layout problems a realistic spread shows up.

Requirements

PHP 8.3 or later
WordPress 7.1 or later

License

GPL-2.0-or-later

arraypress / wp-faker

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