Issue-47: Install Recommended Plugins as Part of Install

[mogmarsh]

Pull Request

Related Issue

Install Recommended Plugins as Part of Install

Description

This pull request enhances the installation process by automatically installing recommended plugins based on user consent. It installs plugins using composer commands called from PHP. This allows for prompting for user input to install. optional plugins and conditionally installing plugins for Pantheon.

Proposed Plugins to be Installed

Default Required Plugin List

• Alleyvate
• Byline Manager
• Elasticsearch Extensions
• Meta Inspector
• MSM Sitemap
• Safe Redirect Manager
• WP Asset Manager
• WP Curate
• WP New Relic Transactions
• Yoast SEO

Suggested Plugins

• ES Admin
• ES WP Query
• Fieldmanager
• Yoast Duplicate Post

Install Automatically if Pantheon

• Pantheon Advanced Page Cache
• Query Monitor
• Rewrite Rules Inspector
• SearchPress
• SearchPress Debug Bar
• Two Factor
• WP Mail SMTP
• WP Native PHP Sessions
• Object Cache Pro (requires a token for Composer installation)

Note: The Pantheon MU Plugin is installed by default and removed by the script already. We can decide if we want to switch this over later.

Use Case

For developers to easily install Alley's recommended list of plugins when creating a new site.

Changes and Updates

• Plugins can now be installed to an optional custom path.
• The Pantheon MU Plugin was excluded from the install list due to issues.
• An auth.json file is now included to facilitate installations requiring authentication, such as Object Cache Pro.
• Fixed the install path for SearchPress.
• Resolved various plugin-related issues and removed redundant code.
• The installation process can execute quietly without excessive output.
• After usage, the composer-templates is cleaned up by deletion.
• The requirement for ext-redis is now ignored, to avoid conflicts in environments where it isn't available.

Comments from Discussion

• Proposed by @srtfisher:
  • Meta Inspector
  • Alleyvate

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Checklist:

• [ ] I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• [ ] My code follows the code style of this project.
• [ ] I have added tests to cover my changes.
• [ ] All new and existing tests passed.
• [ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly.
• [ ] This PR includes changes to the database schema or migrations.
• [ ] I have informed stakeholders of my changes.