WP Packages

May 3, 2026 · View on GitHub

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Manage your WordPress plugins and themes with Composer.

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WP Packages vs WPackagist

WP PackagesWPackagist
Open sourceFully open source — application, infrastructure, and deployment all in the public repoApplication + Docker build only; production infrastructure remains proprietary, and public repo has historically diverged from production
Package namingwp-plugin/* wp-theme/*wpackagist-plugin/* wpackagist-theme/*
Package metadataIncludes authors, description, homepage, and support linksMissing — requested since 2020
Update frequencyEvery 5 minutes~1.5 hours (estimated)
Composer v2 metadata-url✅❌
Composer v2 metadata-changes-url✅❌
Install statistics✅❌
Public status page✅ See status page❌
Untagged plugin installsImmutable — pinned to SVN revisionMutable, resulting in unexpected plugin updates
Closed plugins & themesRemoved in sync with WordPress.org closuresContinues serving closed plugins with no notice

Composer resolve times

Cold resolve (no cache) — lower is better:

PluginsWP PackagesWPackagistSpeedup
10 plugins0.7s12.3s17x faster
20 plugins1.1s19.0s17x faster

Documentation

See the documentation for usage instructions, example composer.json configurations, and more.

Roots WordPress Packages

Roots provides WordPress core as Composer packages — roots/wordpress, roots/wordpress-full, and roots/wordpress-no-content. Learn more.

Migrating from WPackagist

Use the migration script to automatically update your composer.json:

curl -sO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roots/wp-packages/main/scripts/migrate-from-wpackagist.sh && bash migrate-from-wpackagist.sh

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