automattic/jetpack-jwt

A JSON Web Token (JWT) implementation for Jetpack.

dev-trunk / 0.1.x-dev 2025-07-17 07:13 UTC

Requires

• php: >=7.2

Requires (Dev)

• automattic/jetpack-changelogger: ^6.0.5
• automattic/phpunit-select-config: ^1.0.3
• yoast/phpunit-polyfills: ^4.0.0

Suggests

• automattic/jetpack-autoloader: Allow for better interoperability with other plugins that use this package.

GPL-2.0-or-later

README

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How to install

composer install automattic/jetpack-jwt

Installation From Git Repo

Contribute

Create a PR in [Jetpack Repo]https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack.

Get Help

Open in issue in the [Jetpack Repo]https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack.

Using this package in your WordPress plugin

If you plan on using this package in your WordPress plugin, we would recommend that you use Jetpack Autoloader as your autoloader. This will allow for maximum interoperability with other plugins that use this package as well.

How to use the class?

$payload = array(
    'hello' => 'world'
);
$secret = 'abc';

$jwt_string = Automattic/Jetpack/JWT::encode( $payload, $secret );

try{
    $descripted = Automattic/Jetpack/JWT::decode( $jwt_string, $secret );
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Caught exception: ',  $e->getMessage(), "\n";
}

echo $descripted->hello;
// prints "world"

Testing

When introducing new features or making changes to existing code, please add tests.

To run the tests, you can use the following command: Navigate to the JWT package directory and run.

composer test-php

PHP Phan

In the jetpack repo

composer test-php packages/jwt

Security

Need to report a security vulnerability? Go to https://automattic.com/security/ or directly to our security bug bounty site https://hackerone.com/automattic.

License

jwt is licensed under GNU General Public License v2 (or later)