Making wp plugin zip out of composer repo

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Making wp plugin zip out of composer repo

Assumptions

1. not using Bedrock
2. you understand the risks of dependency version conflicts
3. plugin main file is loading vendor/autoload.php

// The main plugin file.

/**
 * Plugin Name: My Plugin
 * some other plugin headers...
 */
 
// some lines of code...

// These 3 lines are important!
if (file_exists(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php')) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
}

// some lines of code...

Steps

1. go to the repo on github.com
2. navigate to the specific commit or tag
3. download the zip file, see: github-zip.jpg
4. unzip it on your computer
5. rename the folder name to match the plugin name
6. $ composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader --no-suggest
7. zip it
8. done

Important

1. this is the last resort
2. not always work
3. your computer's PHP version should match the remote server one

github-zip.jpg

On macOS:
Normal zipping doesn't work!

Use: $ zip -r -X myplugin-1.2.3.zip my-plugin