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Some plugins are not available natively on Packagist, and are available only via
the [WordPress.org Plugin Repository](https://wordpress.org/plugins/). These can be installed via a third-party Composer repository
called [WordPress Packagist](https://wpackagist.org/).
called [WP Packages](https://wp-packages.org/).

To set up and configure WordPress Packagist, first add the custom repository to your project's `composer.json` under
a `repositories` key:
To set up and configure WP Packages, run the following command from your project root:

```sh
composer config repositories.wp-packages composer https://repo.wp-packages.org
```

Or add the repository manually to your project's `composer.json` under a `repositories` key:

```json
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "https://wpackagist.org"
"url": "https://repo.wp-packages.org"
}
]
}
```

To install plugins, you can now use `composer require wpackagist-plugin/{plugin-name}`, where `{plugin-name}` is the "slug" of the
To install plugins, you can now use `composer require wp-plugin/{plugin-name}`, where `{plugin-name}` is the "slug" of the
plugin from the WordPress.org Plugin Repository to install.

For example, [Akismet](https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/) is available at `https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/`, so the "
slug" of the plugin is `akismet`. You can install this with:

```sh
composer require wpackagist-plugin/akismet
composer require wp-plugin/akismet
```

## Managing Plugins Manually
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