# Confusion about wordpress installer packages

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/confusion-about-wordpress-installer-packages/29536
**Category:** bedrock
**Created:** 2025-04-25T12:22:38Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @eavonius — 2025-04-25T12:22:39Z

I currently have the `roots/wordpress` package as a direct dependency in my bedrock composer file. I also have `roots/wordpress-core-installer` referenced in the `allow-plugins` section of my config.

When I run `composer outdated` I see that there is a newer version of `roots/wordpress-core-installer`. It appears I’m using version 1.100.0, and there is a version 2 available.

But when I try to run `composer require roots/wordpress-core-installer:^2` I get:

```
Problem 1
    - Root composer.json requires roots/wordpress-core-installer ^2, found roots/wordpress-core-installer[2.0.0] but these were not loaded, likely because it conflicts with another require.
  Problem 2
    - roots/wordpress is locked to version 6.8 and an update of this package was not requested.
    - roots/wordpress 6.8 requires roots/wordpress-core-installer ^1.0.0 -> found roots/wordpress-core-installer[1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.100.0] but it conflicts with your root composer.json require (^2).
```

Below is my composer.json file:

```
{
  "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": {
    "my-yoast": {
      "type": "composer",
      "url": "https://my.yoast.com/packages/"
    },
    "0": {
      "type": "composer",
      "url": "https://wpackagist.org",
      "only": [
        "wpackagist-plugin/*",
        "wpackagist-theme/*"
      ]
    }
  },
  "require": {
    "php": "^8.2",
    "composer/installers": "^2.2",
    "vlucas/phpdotenv": "^5.6",
    "oscarotero/env": "^2.1",
    "roots/bedrock-autoloader": "^1.0",
    "roots/bedrock-disallow-indexing": "^2.0",
    "roots/wordpress": "^6.4",
    "roots/wp-config": "^1.0.0",
    "wpackagist-plugin/enable-media-replace": "^4",
    "wpackagist-plugin/post-types-order": "^2",
    "wpackagist-plugin/user-role-editor": "^4.59.1",
    "wpackagist-plugin/gutenberg": "^20",
    "wpackagist-plugin/pretty-link": "^3",
    "wpackagist-plugin/akismet": "^5",
    "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^2.0",
    "wpackagist-plugin/w3-total-cache": "^2.8.4",
    "wpackagist-plugin/wp-ses": "^1.6.6",
    "wpackagist-plugin/wordpress-seo": "^24",
    "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.9",
    "guzzlehttp/psr7": "^2.7"
  },
  "require-dev": {
    "roave/security-advisories": "dev-master",
    "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.11.3"
  },
  "config": {
    "optimize-autoloader": true,
    "preferred-install": "dist",
    "allow-plugins": {
      "nodejs-php-fallback/nodejs-php-fallback": true,
      "roots/wordpress-core-installer": true,
      "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true,
      "composer/installers": true
    }
  },
  "minimum-stability": "dev",
  "prefer-stable": true,
  "extra": {
    "installer-paths": {
      "web/app/mu-plugins/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-muplugin",
        "wpackagist-plugin/gutenberg"
      ],
      "web/app/plugins/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-plugin"
      ],
      "web/app/themes/{$name}/": [
        "type:wordpress-theme"
      ]
    },
    "wordpress-install-dir": "web/wp"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "clear-views": "wp --allow-root acorn view:clear"
  }
}
```

---

## Post 2 by @Log1x — 2025-04-25T16:10:01Z

We will get this updated in `roots/wordpress` in the near future but there hasn’t been any real changes outside of adjustments to the README.

If I’m not mistaken, `1.100.0` should’ve been `2.0.0` back in the day and for some reason it became `1.100.0` instead. The eventual bump to `2.0.0` will probably just be to right this wrong.

See [Do not mislead users with 2.0 in README by szepeviktor · Pull Request #5 · roots/wordpress-core-installer · GitHub](https://github.com/roots/wordpress-core-installer/pull/5)