solidbunch / composer-installers

1.1.1 2026-09-21 19:15 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.1
• composer-plugin-api: ^2.0

Requires (Dev)

• composer/composer: ^2.0
• phpunit/phpunit: ^10.5

MIT

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-09-21 19:27 UTC

README

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Overview

Custom Composer installers for StarterKit projects by SolidBunch.

Supports custom types:

• kit-module — for reusable modules located in kit-modules/
• wordpress-core — for downloading core WordPress files

Installation

In your project composer.json:

"require": {
  "solidbunch/composer-installers": "^1.1"
},
"config": {
  "allow-plugins": {
    "solidbunch/composer-installers": true
  }
},
"extra": {
  "installer-paths": {
    "kit-modules/{$name}/": ["type:kit-module"],
    "web/wp-core/": ["type:wordpress-core"]
  }
}

Composer 2.2+ only runs plugins listed in allow-plugins, so the config block above is required.

Behavior

• If installer-paths are defined — packages will be installed accordingly.
• If not — packages will default to vendor/.
• {$vendor} and {$name} in an install path are replaced with the package's vendor and name, e.g. kit-modules/{$vendor}/{$name}/.
• The installer claims a supported package type only when extra.installer-paths has a rule that can match it: a type: rule naming that exact type, or any rule that is not a type: rule. Otherwise another installer (or Composer's default) handles the package.
• A package-name rule makes the installer claim the whole type, because a name cannot be checked when the type is claimed. Another installer for that type is then not consulted, and packages of that type without a matching rule go to vendor/.
• Rules naming an exact package ("vendor/name") are checked before type: rules; inside each group the first rule in installer-paths order wins.
• Package-name rules only apply to packages of the supported types kit-module and wordpress-core; a package of any other type is never handled by this installer.
• A trailing slash in an installer-paths key is accepted and stripped from the resulting install path, because Composer's installer contract forbids a trailing slash.
• The vendor: prefix known from composer/installers is not supported.
• type:* is not a wildcard; a type: rule must name the exact type.

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