Add local Composer package setup for shared JWT logic with iterative development workflow

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Overview

This PR implements a professional local Composer package structure for sharing JWT authentication logic across multiple WordPress plugins. The implementation demonstrates modern PHP package management best practices with support for iterative development, production builds, and future repository extraction.

What's New

📦 Shared Package: jwt-auth-core

A reusable JWT library package containing:

• TokenManager class with token generation, validation, and refresh capabilities
• PSR-4 autoloading (MyOrg\JWTAuthCore namespace)
• Cross-environment compatibility (works in WordPress and standalone PHP)
• Complete API documentation

🔌 Example Plugins

Two WordPress plugins demonstrating the shared package usage:

wp-jwt-login - JWT authentication plugin

• REST API endpoints for user authentication and token validation
• Integrates with WordPress user authentication
• Uses shared TokenManager via Composer

wp-oauth-login - OAuth 2.0 authentication plugin

• OAuth flow implementation for Google and GitHub
• JWT token generation after OAuth callback
• Token refresh and validation endpoints
• Extensible provider system

🔄 Iterative Development Workflow

The setup uses Composer's path repository type with symlinks, enabling:

• Immediate change reflection - Edit jwt-auth-core/src/TokenManager.php and see changes instantly in both plugins
• No rebuild required - PSR-4 autoloader automatically finds new classes
• Single source of truth - All plugins use identical code

# Edit shared code
vim jwt-auth-core/src/TokenManager.php

# Changes are immediately available in both plugins via symlinks
# No composer update needed!

📚 Comprehensive Documentation

Created 8 documentation files (53KB total) covering:

1. README-COMPOSER.md - Documentation index and navigation
2. QUICK-START.md - Quick reference guide with common commands
3. COMPOSER-SETUP.md - Complete 9KB guide with all scenarios
4. WORKFLOW-GUIDE.md - Visual diagrams and workflow illustrations
5. IMPLEMENTATION-SUMMARY.md - Technical achievements and statistics
6. STRUCTURE.txt - Visual directory tree
7. test-composer-setup.sh - Automated verification script
8. Component READMEs for each package/plugin

🎯 Key Features

• Symlink-Based Development - Changes to shared code reflect immediately
• PSR-4 Autoloading - Professional namespace structure
• Production Ready - Instructions for WordPress.org bundling (vendor/ must be included)
• Future-Proof - Clear migration path to extract jwt-auth-core to its own repository
• Fully Tested - Automated test script verifies setup and functionality

Technical Implementation

Composer Configuration

Both plugins use path repositories pointing to the shared package:

{
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "path",
      "url": "../jwt-auth-core"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "myorg/jwt-auth-core": "@dev"
  }
}

This creates symlinks (not copies) in vendor/myorg/jwt-auth-core, enabling iterative development.

Directory Structure

├── jwt-auth-core/              # Shared library
│   ├── composer.json
│   ├── src/TokenManager.php
│   └── README.md
├── wp-jwt-login/               # Plugin #1
│   ├── composer.json
│   ├── wp-jwt-login.php
│   └── vendor/ → jwt-auth-core (symlink)
└── wp-oauth-login/             # Plugin #2
    ├── composer.json
    ├── wp-oauth-login.php
    └── vendor/ → jwt-auth-core (symlink)

Testing

All automated tests pass ✅

./test-composer-setup.sh

The test script verifies:

• Directory structure is correct
• Dependencies installed with symlinks
• Autoloading works correctly
• Token generation, validation, and refresh functional
• Both plugins can use the shared TokenManager

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
cd wp-jwt-login && composer install
cd ../wp-oauth-login && composer install

# Verify setup
cd .. && ./test-composer-setup.sh

Future Migration Path

When ready to extract jwt-auth-core to its own repository:

1. Create new repository and tag a release (e.g., v1.0.0)
2. Update plugins' composer.json to use VCS repository
3. Run composer update myorg/jwt-auth-core

Detailed migration instructions are in COMPOSER-SETUP.md.

Production Builds

For WordPress.org releases:

cd wp-jwt-login
composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
zip -r wp-jwt-login.zip . -x "*.git*" "tests/*"

Important: The vendor/ directory must be included in WordPress.org distributions.

Documentation

Start with README-COMPOSER.md for complete navigation and quick reference guides.

Benefits

• DRY Principle - Share code across multiple plugins
• Professional Structure - Follows Composer and PHP best practices
• Easy Testing - Test changes across all dependent plugins immediately
• Version Control - Can use semantic versioning when extracted
• WordPress.org Ready - Easy to bundle for distribution

This implementation provides a production-ready foundation for sharing code between WordPress plugins using modern PHP package management standards.

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Original prompt

Set up a local Composer package for shared JWT logic based on the provided example. The structure should include a jwt-auth-core directory as the shared package and two WordPress plugins (wp-jwt-login and wp-oauth-login) that utilize this shared package. Include the following steps:

1. Folder Structure:

   • Create a jwt-auth-core folder with a composer.json file and a src/ directory containing TokenManager.php.
   • Create two plugin folders, wp-jwt-login and wp-oauth-login, with their own composer.json files and plugin files (wp-jwt-login.php and wp-oauth-login.php).

2. Local Composer Setup:

   • Define a repositories section in the plugins' composer.json files to point to the jwt-auth-core directory using the path repository type.
   • Add myorg/jwt-auth-core as a requirement in both plugins.
   • Configure autoload for PSR-4 in the composer.json files.

3. Iterative Development:

   • Ensure changes in jwt-auth-core are reflected automatically in both plugins during development.

4. Future Extraction:

   • Include instructions for moving jwt-auth-core to its own repository if needed, and updating the repositories section to use a VCS repository.

5. Bundling for WordPress.org:

   • Mention bundling the vendor/ directory in plugins for WordPress.org releases.

The implementation should follow the structure and Composer setup provided in the example.

*This pull request was created as a result of the following prompt from Copilot chat.* > Set up a local Composer package for shared JWT logic based on the provided example. The structure should include a `jwt-auth-core` directory as the shared package and two WordPress plugins (`wp-jwt-login` and `wp-oauth-login`) that utilize this shared package. Include the following steps: > > 1. **Folder Structure:** > - Create a `jwt-auth-core` folder with a `composer.json` file and a `src/` directory containing `TokenManager.php`. > - Create two plugin folders, `wp-jwt-login` and `wp-oauth-login`, with their own `composer.json` files and plugin files (`wp-jwt-login.php` and `wp-oauth-login.php`). > > 2. **Local Composer Setup:** > - Define a `repositories` section in the plugins' `composer.json` files to point to the `jwt-auth-core` directory using the `path` repository type. > - Add `myorg/jwt-auth-core` as a requirement in both plugins. > - Configure `autoload` for PSR-4 in the `composer.json` files. > > 3. **Iterative Development:** > - Ensure changes in `jwt-auth-core` are reflected automatically in both plugins during development. > > 4. **Future Extraction:** > - Include instructions for moving `jwt-auth-core` to its own repository if needed, and updating the `repositories` section to use a VCS repository. > > 5. **Bundling for WordPress.org:** > - Mention bundling the `vendor/` directory in plugins for WordPress.org releases. > > The implementation should follow the structure and Composer setup provided in the example.

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