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

[strarsis]

I set up the new, official ACF PRO installation mechanism on a site and noticed some gotchas,
namely the password field must be non-empty and a full URL, not just the hostname – otherwise HTTP basic authentication will fail!

I documented the setup process in a little guide:

[Guide] Using the `ACF PRO` official install method with Bedrock/Trellis

Bedrock For development, use an auth.json file in the Bedrock project folder – but it should not be committed to the repository, but rather added to .gitignore as it is a secret (the ACF PRO license), similar to the .env file. { "http-basic": { + "connect.advancedcustomfields.com": { + "username": "[ACF PRO license key]", + "password": "https://[domain.tld]" + } } } Use the ACF PRO license key as the username. The password should be the site host …