Using Composer to manage plugins and deploy to WP Engine
Channel: WP Engine Builders
Date: 2022-12-02

Learn how you can use Composer to manage your WordPress plugin dependencies and deploy them to GitHub and WP Engine.

Original post:
https://github.com/colorful-tones/wpe-deploy-composer

Be sure to check out all of our resources: https://wpengine.com/builders/
WP Engine GitHub Deployment Actions: https://github.com/marketplace/actions/deploy-wordpress-to-wp-engine
WP Engine's Local: https://localwp.com/
WP Engine's Smart Plugin Manager: https://wpengine.com/smart-plugin-manager/
Example GitHub repository: https://github.com/colorful-tones/wpe-deploy-composer

Contents:
00:06 Intro
00:53 Overview of project organization
01:24 Create a .gitignore
02:10 Set up Composer
02:50 WPackagist set up in Composer
04:22 ACF PRO set up in Composer
05:48 Set up deployment actions
08:13 Outro