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WP Dependency Installer

This is a drop in class for developers to optionally or automatically install plugin dependencies for their own plugins or themes. It can install a plugin from wp.org, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Gitea, or a direct URL.

Comprehensive information regarding WP Dependency Installer is available on the wiki.

See also: example plugin.

Description

You can use composer to install this package within your WordPress plugin / theme.

Please ensure you are using the latest version of this framework in your composer.json

  1. Within your plugin or theme root folder, run the following command:

  2. Then create a sample wp-dependencies.json file

You will then need to update wp-dependencies.json to suit your requirements.

  1. Finally add the following lines to your plugin or theme's functions.php file:

WP_Dependency_Installer should be loaded via an action hook like plugins_loaded or init to function properly as it requires wp-includes/pluggable.php to be loaded for wp_create_nonce().

  1. (optional) Take a look at some of built in Hooks and Functions to further customize your plugin look and behaviour:

That's it, happy blogging!

Development

PRs are welcome against the develop branch.

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