# ACF Pro as a Composer dependency (without committing your license key unencrypted)

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/acf-pro-as-a-composer-dependency-without-committing-your-license-key-unencrypted/6690
**Category:** trellis
**Created:** 2016-05-10T19:55:52Z
**Posts:** 74
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## Post 70 by @robrecord — 2023-04-26T11:49:36Z

ACF have created their own way to do this now.

The news article:

> **[ACF | Announcing Composer Support for Installing ACF PRO](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/blog/composer-support-acf-pro/)**
>
> Today we are pleased to announce Composer support for installing ACF PRO 🎉 It’s been possible to install the free ACF plugin with Composer since the

The ACF guide:  
[https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/installing-acf-pro-with-composer/](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/installing-acf-pro-with-composer/)

How we can use it:  
[https://roots.io/trellis/docs/composer-http-basic-authentication/](https://roots.io/trellis/docs/composer-http-basic-authentication/)

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