# Best way to install private/paid plugins with Composer?

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/best-way-to-install-private-paid-plugins-with-composer/1045
**Category:** bedrock
**Tags:** composer
**Created:** 2014-01-10T12:50:26Z
**Posts:** 60
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## Post 8 by @kjprince — 2014-07-28T14:33:42Z

I’m trying to include a MU-Plugin thats hosted on my private bitbucket.

I’ve added the following to my projects `composer.json`

```
{
    "type": "vcs",
    "url": "git@bitbucket.org:kjprince/disable-year-month-uploads.git"
    },
```

In the require section I’ve added this:

```
"kjprince/disable-year-month-uploads": "dev-master"
```

When I do `composer update` it fails and shows the following error:

```
[LogicException]
  Downloader "Composer\Downloader\GitDownloader" is a source type downloader and can not be used to dow
  nload dist
```

I updated my `composer.json` to use `source` instead of `dist` and I get the error below:

```
Skipped branch master, Package kjprince/disable-year-month-uploads's source key should be specified as {"type": ..., "url": ..., "reference": ...},
{"url":"git@bitbucket.org:kjprince\/disable-year-month-uploads.git","type":"git"} given.
```

My plugin contains the following `composer.json`

```
{
    "name": "kjprince/disable-year-month-uploads",
    "version": "master",
    "type": "wordpress-muplugin",
    "source": {
        "url": "git@bitbucket.org:kjprince/disable-year-month-uploads.git",
        "type": "git"
    }
}
```

Anyone know what’s going on here?

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