Composer is the de-facto dependency manager for PHP; it is therefore no surprise that it is becoming more common for WordPress maintenance support plans plugins to use Composer to include the external libraries it needs to function. This trend has rather strong implications for site builders, as once a site uses at least one plugin that uses Composer, then it becomes necessary to also use Composer to manage your site.
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Using Composer with a Relocated Document Root on Pantheon
