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WP Composer

Adding Composer dependency management to WP CLI.

By Sean Fisher·PHP·Free
5(2 reviews)
·70 active installs·Updated 12 years ago
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As of April 2026, WP Composer is a WordPress php plugin with 70 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers +….

5/52 reviews
70active installs
9.3K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Adding Composer dependency management to WP CLI. Allows you to recursivly install/update composer packages inside of all of your WordPress plugins and themes.

What is this using?

This package uses a great piece of software called WP-CLI. It provides a command line interface for WordPress management. We are a plugin providing Composer management inside of WP CLI.

What’s Composer?

It’s the greatest thing to happen to the web since GIFs, Drop Shadows and dancing cats. Composer is a dead simple JSON-based dependency manager for PHP. For more information, check out http://getcomposer.org/.

So this is complete Composer support?

No, not exactly! Sadly, I’m building this out and I’m trying to make some sweet WP-CLI and Composer integration. But for now, we only support a f…

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
0

Compatibility

WordPress3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.5.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

0.1

  • Initial Release
  • Provides support for install/update/help/diagnose/status/about
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Sean FisherSean Fisher
Plugin Info
Version
0.1.2
Last Updated
Jul 15, 2013
WP Requires
3.3+
Tested Up To
3.5.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
70
Downloads
9.3K+
Added
Jun 10, 2013
Business
Free

Tags

phpwp-clicomposerdependencycommand line

Developer

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Sean Fisher
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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