diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+composer.lock
+/vendor/
+/node_modules/
+/dist/
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/license.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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rename from license.txt
rename to LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/readme.txt b/README.md
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rename from readme.txt
rename to README.md
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+  "name": "stklcode/wp-liveticker2",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha",
+  "description": "A simple Liveticker for Wordpress.",
+  "keywords": [
+    "wordpress",
+    "plugin",
+    "liveticker"
+  ],
+  "license": "GPL-2.0+",
+  "authors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Stefan Kalscheuer",
+      "email": "stefan@stklcode.de",
+      "homepage": "https://www.stklcode.de"
+    }
+  ],
+  "type": "wordpress-plugin",
+  "require": {
+    "php": ">=5.3",
+    "composer/installers": "~1.0"
+  },
+  "require-dev": {
+    "php": ">=5.3",
+    "phpunit/phpunit": "*",
+    "wp-coding-standards/wpcs": "~0.11.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "wp-liveticker2",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha",
+  "description": "A simple Liveticker for Wordpress.",
+  "author": "Stefan Kalscheuer",
+  "license": "GPLv2 or later",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "gulp": "^3.9.1",
+    "gulp-clean": "^0.3.2",
+    "gulp-copy": "^1.0.0",
+    "gulp-zip": "^4.0.0",
+    "gulp-composer": "^0.4.0",
+    "gulp-phpunit": "^0.23.0",
+    "gulp-phpcs": "^2.0.0",
+    "gulp-clean-css": "^3.7.0",
+    "child_process": "^1.0.2"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/phpcs.xml b/phpcs.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ruleset name="WPLiveticker2">
+	<description>Derived from WordPress Coding Standard</description>
+
+	<rule ref="WordPress">
+		<!-- Type hint checks mess up PHP 7 checks, while this plugin has compatibility level 5.5 and above. -->
+		<exclude name="Squiz.Commenting.FunctionComment.ScalarTypeHintMissing"/>
+	</rule>
+</ruleset>
diff --git a/phpunit.xml b/phpunit.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<phpunit bootstrap="./vendor/autoload.php">
+	<testsuites>
+		<testsuite name="WP Liveticker 2 TestSuite">
+			<directory suffix="-test.php">./test/</directory>
+		</testsuite>
+	</testsuites>
+</phpunit>