Use Salt to install WordPress plugins using either git or zip file

0-wordpress-plugins.yaml

# /srv/salt/wordpress/plugin_macro.sls

{#
 # ref:
 #   - https://gist.github.com/renoirb/1b42edac44c723185c9d
 #   - https://gist.github.com/renoirb/af8f738f2fd16ca1eb27
 #   - http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/development/conventions/formulas.html#jinja-macros
 #   - http://www.pluginmirror.com/plugins
 #}
{% macro wordpress_plugin(name, versionIdentifier, handler, wpDocroot, gitRepo=None) -%}

Install WordPress {{ name }} plugin using {{ handler }}:
{%- if handler == 'zip' %}
  cmd.run:
    - name: echo https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/{{ name ~ '.' ~ versionIdentifier }}.zip | xargs wget -qO- -O  {{ wpDocroot }}/wp-content/plugins/{{ name }}.zip; unzip {{ wpDocroot }}/wp-content/plugins/{{ name }}.zip -d {{ wpDocroot }}/wp-content/plugins
    - unless: test -d {{ wpDocroot }}/wp-content/plugins/{{ name }}
  pkg.installed:
    - name: unzip
{% endif -%}

{%- if handler == 'git' %}
  git.latest:
    - name: {{ gitRepo|default('https://github.com/wp-plugins/' ~ name) }}
    - rev: {{ versionIdentifier }}
    - target: {{ wpDocroot }}/wp-content/plugins/{{ name }}
    - unless: test -d {{ wpDocroot }}/wp-content/plugins/{{ name }}
    - submodules: True
  pkg.installed:
    - name: git
{% endif -%}
{%- endmacro %}

init.yaml

# /srv/salt/foo/init.sls

# Where we use the WordPress macro

{%- from "wordpress/plugin_macro.sls" import wordpress_plugin -%}

{% for n,v,m,g in  [('nginx-helper', '1.8.4',  'zip', None),
                    ('wp-api','1.2.1', 'git', 'https://github.com/WP-API/WP-API'),
                    ('xili-language','2.16.1', 'zip', None)] %}
{{ wordpress_plugin(n,v,m,vhostDocroot,g) }}
{% endfor %}