Manage your WordPress plugins and themes with Composer.
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| WP Packages | WPackagist | |
|---|---|---|
| Package naming | wp-plugin/* wp-theme/* |
wpackagist-plugin/* wpackagist-theme/* |
| Package metadata | Includes authors, description, homepage, and support links | Missing — requested since 2020 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 minutes | ~1.5 hours (estimated) |
Composer v2 metadata-url |
✅ | ❌ |
Composer v2 metadata-changes-url |
✅ | ❌ |
| Install statistics | ✅ | ❌ |
| Untagged plugin installs | Immutable — pinned to SVN revision | Mutable, resulting in unexpected plugin updates |
Cold resolve (no cache) — lower is better:
| Plugins | WP Packages | WPackagist | Speedup |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 plugins | 0.7s | 12.3s | 17x faster |
| 20 plugins | 1.1s | 19.0s | 17x faster |
See the documentation for usage instructions, example composer.json configurations, and more.
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