This site mirrors the WordPress plugin and theme directories as a Composer repository.
This allows WordPress developers to use Composer for dependency management.
Content on this page based on https://wpackagist.org/ correct as of
Benefits
Why use Composer?
“Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare the dependent libraries your project needs and it will install them in your project for you.”
- Avoid committing plugins and themes into source control
- Avoid having to use git submodules
- Manage WordPress and non-WordPress project libraries with the same tools
- Could eventually be used to manage dependencies between plugins
