Gatsby & WordPress - 2.2.5. - Bedrock and Composer

by Jack Pritchard

Hey! This post's a little over two years old now, so some of what's here might be out of date. Still worth a read, but if anything really matters to you, it's worth double-checking against a newer source too.

Bedrock & Composer

All of the installation processes are well documented on the official Bedrock website - https://roots.io/bedrock/docs/installing-bedrock/

Our Composer File

https://github.com/whatjackhasmade/whatjackhasmade.co.uk/blob/master/composer.json

{
  "name": "roots/bedrock",
  "type": "project",
  "license": "MIT",
  "description": "WordPress boilerplate with modern development tools, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure",
  "homepage": "https://roots.io/bedrock/",
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Scott Walkinshaw",
      "email": "scott.walkinshaw@gmail.com",
      "homepage": "https://github.com/swalkinshaw"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ben Word",
      "email": "ben@benword.com",
      "homepage": "https://github.com/retlehs"
    }
  ],
  "keywords": ["bedrock", "composer", "roots", "wordpress", "wp", "wp-config"],
  "support": {
    "issues": "https://github.com/roots/bedrock/issues",
    "forum": "https://discourse.roots.io/category/bedrock"
  },
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "composer",
      "url": "https://wpackagist.org"
    },
    {
      "type": "composer",
      "url": "https://pivvenit.github.io/acf-composer-bridge/composer/v2/wordpress-muplugin/"
    },
    {
      "type": "package",
      "package": {
        "name": "pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://github.com/pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg.git",
          "type": "git",
          "reference": "master"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "package",
      "package": {
        "name": "pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg-acf",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://github.com/pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg-acf.git",
          "type": "git",
          "reference": "master"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "package",
      "package": {
        "name": "wp-graphql/wp-graphiql",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphiql.git",
          "type": "git",
          "reference": "master"
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "package",
      "package": {
        "name": "ashhitch/wp-graphql-yoast-seo",
        "version": "1.0.0",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://github.com/ashhitch/wp-graphql-yoast-seo.git",
          "type": "git",
          "reference": "master"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "php": ">=7.1",
    "advanced-custom-fields/advanced-custom-fields-pro": "^5.8.1",
    "composer/installers": "^1.7",
    "oscarotero/env": "^1.2.0",
    "roots/wordpress": "5.2.4",
    "roots/wp-config": "1.0.0",
    "roots/wp-password-bcrypt": "1.0.0",
    "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^3.4.0",
    "wp-graphql/wp-graphql": "^0.3.6",
    "wp-graphql/wp-graphql-acf": "^0.2.0",
    "wp-graphql/wp-graphiql": "1.0.0",
    "ashhitch/wp-graphql-yoast-seo": "1.0.0",
    "pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg": "1.0.0",
    "pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg-acf": "1.0.0",
    "wpackagist-plugin/amazon-s3-and-cloudfront": "^2.1.0",
    "wpackagist-plugin/disable-gutenberg": "^1.9",
    "wpackagist-plugin/duplicate-post": "^3.2.3",
    "wpackagist-plugin/regenerate-thumbnails": "^3.1.0",
    "wpackagist-plugin/timber-library": "^1.12.0",
    "wpackagist-plugin/wordpress-seo": "^10.1.3",
    "wpackagist-plugin/wp-jamstack-deployments": "^0.3.2"
  },
  "require-dev": {
    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.4.2",
    "roave/security-advisories": "dev-master"
  },
  "config": {
    "optimize-autoloader": true,
    "preferred-install": "dist",
    "sort-packages": true
  },
  "minimum-stability": "dev",
  "prefer-stable": true,
  "extra": {
    "installer-paths": {
      "web/app/mu-plugins/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-muplugin",
        "wp-graphql/wp-graphql",
        "wp-graphql/wp-graphql-acf",
        "wp-graphql/wp-graphiql",
        "ashhitch/wp-graphql-yoast-seo",
        "pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg",
        "pristas-peter/wp-graphql-gutenberg-acf",
        "wpackagist-plugin/amazon-s3-and-cloudfront",
        "wpackagist-plugin/disable-gutenberg",
        "wpackagist-plugin/duplicate-post",
        "wpackagist-plugin/regenerate-thumbnails",
        "wpackagist-plugin/timber-library",
        "wpackagist-plugin/wordpress-seo",
        "wpackagist-plugin/wp-jamstack-deployments"
      ],
      "web/app/plugins/{$name}/": ["type:wordpress-plugin"],
      "web/app/themes/{$name}/": ["type:wordpress-theme"]
    },
    "wordpress-install-dir": "web/wp"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "post-root-package-install": ["php -r \"copy('.env.example', '.env');\""],
    "test": ["phpcs"]
  }
}
These are the exact dependency versions from 2019 (PHP 7.1, WordPress 5.2.4, WPGraphQL 0.3.6, ACF Pro 5.8.1). All of these have had major releases since — treat this as a historical snapshot of the approach, not a version spec to install today.