wintercms / wintercms/winter

Support more methods of installing plugins

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Description

We should support more ways to install plugins:

  • Upload ZIP
  • Specify git repo (only if Git binary supported on the system)
  • Specify composer package name
  • (only on plugin:install command) Specify local folder

These methods should exist in the plugin:install command with a --from= option and in the backend plugin manager.

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Research direction

Start with the existing plugin:install command and the backend plugin manager, then trace how plugin installation currently handles its source. Check the stated ZIP, Git, Composer package, and local-folder cases, including the --from option and Git-binary condition. Done means all requested sources are supported in the applicable entry points.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
git, laravel, php
Domain
backend, cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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