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Intended for WordPress plugins. 0.6.2(5y ago)158251.0k↓37%12[5 PRs](https://github.com/typisttech/imposter-plugin/pulls)2MITPHPPHP ^7.3 || ^8.0CI failing Since Mar 21Pushed 2y ago9 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/typisttech/imposter-plugin)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/typisttech/imposter-plugin)[ Docs](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin)[ Fund](https://typist.tech/donation/)[ Fund](https://www.paypal.me/iAmTangRufus/30usd)[ RSS](/packages/typisttech-imposter-plugin/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelogDependencies (9)Versions (21)Used By (2) Imposter Plugin =============== [](#imposter-plugin) [![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d2c84d93630e2ee3200ec6cbd51c802b765ebed1d0d4b85f6a179ae8dd9857fb/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f762f747970697374746563682f696d706f737465722d706c7567696e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/typisttech/imposter-plugin)[![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/1b8db173cf4aadb5cdde59a7f619d6556748db2dbea0dbcd5ff54726dcd14732/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f747970697374746563682f696d706f737465722d706c7567696e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/typisttech/imposter-plugin)[![PHP from Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a35438bea159b9207d0d9ae9ea450e09e157e4feee81fdb01362a745f04f7f9b/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f7068702d762f547970697374546563682f696d706f737465722d706c7567696e3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://packagist.org/packages/typisttech/imposter-plugin)[![CircleCI](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6b211bd984c6cca7077dcde1c833e170a00a2b71a5a07dfcb63e0fba7ca416c5/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636972636c6563692f6275696c642f67682f547970697374546563682f696d706f737465722d706c7567696e3f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://circleci.com/gh/TypistTech/imposter-plugin)[![license](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/6594d6b069e45f671665521198faba292be14d86831e7ac3998b52f51270d664/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f6769746875622f6c6963656e73652f547970697374546563682f696d706f737465722d706c7567696e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin/blob/master/LICENSE)[![Twitter Follow @TangRufus](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a4aa54a559719fc76a4677ca1d7ec33443d14423085acb58d268fe77f09c61ce/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f747769747465722f666f6c6c6f772f54616e6752756675733f7374796c653d666c61742d73717561726526636f6c6f723d316461316632266c6f676f3d74776974746572)](https://twitter.com/tangrufus)[![Hire Typist Tech](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/8dd68fe769812bdfb1c34fd397ff5e022170342b1d3a47c53055c566ffe8489d/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f486972652d547970697374253230546563682d6666363962342e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://www.typist.tech/contact/) **Composer plugin that wraps all composer vendor packages inside your own namespace. Intended for WordPress plugins.** Built with ♥ by [Typist Tech](https://www.typist.tech/) --- **Imposter Plugin** is an open source project and completely free to use. However, the amount of effort needed to maintain and develop new features is not sustainable without proper financial backing. 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Intended for WordPress plugins. Imposter Plugin is a composer plugin wrapper for [Imposter](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter/). Why? ---- [](#why) Because of the lack of dependency management in WordPress, if two plugins bundled conflicting versions of the same package, hard-to-reproduce bugs arise. Monkey patching composer vendor packages, wrapping them inside your own namespace is a less-than-ideal solution to avoid such conflicts. See: - [A Narrative of Using Composer in a WordPress Plugin](https://wptavern.com/a-narrative-of-using-composer-in-a-wordpress-plugin) - [A Warning About Using Composer With WordPress](https://wppusher.com/blog/a-warning-about-using-composer-with-wordpress/) - [Plugin Dependencies (Yet Another Plugin Dependencies Ticket)](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22316) Install ------- [](#install) Installation should be done via composer, details of how to install composer can be found at . First, add Imposter configuration in your `composer.json` ``` "extra": { "imposter": { "namespace": "My\\App\\Vendor", "excludes": [ "dummy/dummy-excluded" ] } } ``` Then, install via composer cli ``` composer require typisttech/imposter-plugin ``` See: [Imposter readme](https://github.com/Typisttech/imposter#config) for details. --- **Typist Tech is ready to build your next awesome WordPress site. [Hire us!](https://typist.tech/contact/)** --- Usage ----- [](#usage) ### Sit Back and Relax [](#sit-back-and-relax) Once installed, this plugin hooks into `composer install`, `composer update` and `composer dump-autoload`, automatically run [imposter](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter/) for you. Besides, imposter plugin autoloads all modified files as [classmap](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#classmap). When those events triggered, this plugin: 1. looks for `/path/to/project/root/composer.json` 2. finds out [vendor-dir](https://getcomposer.org/doc/06-config.md#vendor-dir) 3. finds out all [required packages](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#require), including those required by dependencies 4. finds out all [autoload paths](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#autoload) for all required packages 5. prefixes all namespaces with the imposter-plugin namespace defined in your `composer.json` Learn more on [imposter's readme](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter#usage). Known Issues ------------ [](#known-issues) Help wanted. Pull requests are welcomed. 1. Imposter run twice when `composer install` and `composer update` 2. Traits are not transformed 3. Virtual packages are not supported Frequently Asked Questions -------------------------- [](#frequently-asked-questions) ### What can I find more information? [](#what-can-i-find-more-information) Learn more on [imposter's readme](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter/) for more details. ### How about not hooking into composer commands? [](#how-about-not-hooking-into-composer-commands) Use [imposter](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter/) directly. ### How to distrube impostified plugins? [](#how-to-distrube-impostified-plugins) 1. Switch to the lowest PHP version you support 2. Install dependencies - `$ composer install --no-dev --classmap-authoritative --prefer-dist` 3. Clean up the source code, e.g: remove test files 4. Zip the source code. Tips: Use [`$ composer archive`](https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#archive) 5. Send the zip to others / Commit to wp.org SVN. Tips: - [How to Deploy a WordPress Plugin From TravisCI to WordPress.org](https://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-deploy-wordpress-plugin-from-travisci-to-wordpressorg--cms-28831) - [WordPress.org Plugin Deploy (GitHub action by 10up)](https://github.com/10up/action-wordpress-plugin-deploy) ### How to install impostified plugins via composer? [](#how-to-install-impostified-plugins-via-composer) Impostified plugins are meant to be commited to wp.org svn. Using imposter means you forgo the ability to install the plugins with composer directly via [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/) or VCS (even with `type: wordpress-plugin` in `composer.json`). To `composer require` impostified plugins, use [wpackagist.org](https://wpackagist.org). ### The whole imposter situation is horrible. What can we do about it? [](#the-whole-imposter-situation-is-horrible-what-can-we-do-about-it) Until WordPress core comes up with a [solution on dependency managment](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22316), keep clam and carry on. In the meantime, checkout these tools to make WordPress suck less modernizing WordPress development: - [bring OOP into WordPress](https://github.com/search?q=topic%3Awordpress-development+org%3ATypistTech&type=Repositories) - [leveraging development practices from other languages and ecosystems, and applying them to WordPress](https://roots.io) ### Do you have real life examples that use this composer plugin? [](#do-you-have-real-life-examples-that-use-this-composer-plugin) Here you go: - [Spatie Ray](https://github.com/spatie/wordpress-ray) - [Notification](https://github.com/BracketSpace/Notification) *Add your own [here](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin/edit/master/README.md)* ### Which composer versions are supported? [](#which-composer-versions-are-supported) Both v1 and v2. ### Will you add support for older PHP versions? [](#will-you-add-support-for-older-php-versions) Never! This plugin will only work on [actively supported PHP versions](https://secure.php.net/supported-versions.php). Don't use it on **end of life** or **security fixes only** PHP versions. ### It looks awesome. Where can I find some more goodies like this [](#it-looks-awesome-where-can-i-find-some-more-goodies-like-this) - Articles on [Typist Tech's blog](https://typist.tech) - [Tang Rufus' WordPress plugins](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tangrufus#content-plugins) on wp.org - More projects on [Typist Tech's GitHub profile](https://github.com/TypistTech) - Stay tuned on [Typist Tech's newsletter](https://typist.tech/go/newsletter) - Follow [Tang Rufus' Twitter account](https://twitter.com/TangRufus) - **Hire [Tang Rufus](https://typist.tech/contact) to build your next awesome site** ### Where can I give 5-star reviews? [](#where-can-i-give-5-star-reviews) Thanks! Glad you like it. It's important to let me knows somebody is using this project. Please consider: - [tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FTypistTech%2Fimposter-plugin&via=tangrufus&text=Imposter%20Plugin%20-%20Composer%20plugin%20that%20wraps%20all%20%23composer%20vendor%20packages%20inside%20your%20own%20namespace.%20Intended%20for%20%23WordPress%20plugins) something good with mentioning [@TangRufus](https://twitter.com/tangrufus) - ★ star [the Github repo](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin) - [👀 watch](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin/subscription) the Github repo - write tutorials and blog posts - **[hire](https://www.typist.tech/contact/) Typist Tech** Testing ------- [](#testing) ``` composer test composer style:check ``` Alternatives ------------ [](#alternatives) Here is a list of alternatives that I found. However, none of these satisfied my requirements. *If you know other similar projects, feel free to edit this section!* - [Mozart](https://github.com/coenjacobs/mozart) by Coen Jacobs - Works with PSR0 and PSR4 - Dependency packages store in a different directory - [PHP Scoper](https://github.com/humbug/php-scoper) - Prefixes all PHP namespaces in a file/directory to isolate the code bundled in PHARs Feedback -------- [](#feedback) **Please provide feedback!** We want to make this project as useful as possible. Please [submit an issue](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin/issues/new) and point out what you do and don't like, or fork the project and [send pull requests](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin/pulls/). **No issue is too small.** Security Vulnerabilities ------------------------ [](#security-vulnerabilities) If you discover a security vulnerability within this project, please email us at . All security vulnerabilities will be promptly addressed. Credits ------- [](#credits) [Imposter Plugin](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin) is a [Typist Tech](https://typist.tech) project and maintained by [Tang Rufus](https://twitter.com/TangRufus), freelance developer for [hire](https://www.typist.tech/contact/). Full list of contributors can be found [here](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin/graphs/contributors). License ------- [](#license) [Imposter Plugin](https://github.com/TypistTech/imposter-plugin) is released under the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). ### Health Score 43 — FairBetter than 91% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity51 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community20 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity67 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 80.7% of commits — single point of failure How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement. **Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~97 days Recently: every ~82 days Total 15 Last Release 1989d ago PHP version history (5 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.0 0.3.1PHP ^7.1 0.4.0PHP ^7.2 0.6.1PHP ^7.3 0.6.2PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c1b05c8ed4ea3f68173555264d0226d5faeb7f315ed9df91890c351ef576ce72?d=identicon)[TangRufus](/maintainers/TangRufus) --- Top Contributors [![dependabot-preview[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2141?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot-preview[bot] "dependabot-preview[bot] (661 commits)")[![tangrufus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2259834?v=4)](https://github.com/tangrufus "tangrufus (158 commits)") --- Tags composer-plugindependencydevtoolsmonkey-patchingnamespacephpwordpresswordpress-developmentcomposerwordpressdependencyMonkey Patchingnamespacecomposer-plugin ### Code Quality TestsCodeception Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/typisttech-imposter-plugin/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/typisttech-imposter-plugin/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/typisttech-imposter-plugin) ``` ### Alternatives [typisttech/imposter Wrapping all composer vendor packages inside your own namespace. 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