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WordPress adapter contracts and in-memory testing doubles for clean, testable plugin development.

composer require --dev devuri/wp-adapter

The problem this solves

WordPress plugins commonly call get_option(), add_action(), and wp_remote_post() directly inside business logic. That makes the logic impossible to unit test without bootstrapping WordPress, and it makes the plugin hard to reason about.

WP Adapter gives us a thin set of contracts for common WordPress APIs and matching in-memory implementations for tests. Our plugin code depends only on the contracts. WordPress stays at the edge.

// Business logic depends on the contract, not WordPress
final class LicenseService
{
    private OptionStorageInterface $options;
    private HttpClientInterface    $http;
    private LoggerInterface        $logger;

    public function __construct(
        OptionStorageInterface $options,
        HttpClientInterface    $http,
        LoggerInterface        $logger
    ) {
        $this->options = $options;
        $this->http    = $http;
        $this->logger  = $logger;
    }

    public function activate(string $key): Result
    {
        // Pure logic. No WordPress functions. Fully unit-testable.
    }
}

In production we pass the WordPress adapters. In tests we pass the in-memory fakes. No mocks. No bootstrapping WordPress.

Our plugin must follow the boundary rule

This package cannot help us if our business logic calls WordPress functions directly. The adapters are only useful when our plugin is structured so that service classes receive their dependencies through the constructor as contracts.

The rule: WordPress function calls (get_option, add_action, wp_remote_post, etc.) belong only in the thin adapter classes that implement the contracts. Every other class must call only the interface, never WordPress.

If we call get_option() inside a service, that service requires WordPress to exist and cannot be unit tested. The testing adapters in this package will have no effect.

See docs/testing-guide.md for the full structure, a wrong-vs-right example, PHPUnit setup, and a checklist.

Installation

Install as a dev dependency during development:

composer require --dev devuri/wp-adapter

Copy the source into our plugin at build time:

vendor/bin/wp-adapter-copy

This copies src/ and psr/log into lib/wp-adapter/ inside our plugin. Load it from our plugin's main file:

require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/wp-adapter/init.php';

Strip vendor/ before distributing. lib/ ships with the plugin. See Direct-load distribution for the full workflow.

Wiring production adapters

use AdapterKit\Core\PluginContext;
use AdapterKit\Core\Hooks\WordPressHooks;
use AdapterKit\Core\Storage\WordPressOptionStorage;
use AdapterKit\Core\Storage\WordPressTransientStorage;
use AdapterKit\Core\Http\WordPressHttpClient;
use AdapterKit\Core\Logging\NullLogger;

$context = PluginContext::fromPluginFile(
    __FILE__, 'my-plugin', '1.0.0', 'my-plugin', 'myplugin_'
);

$plugin = new MyPlugin\Plugin(
    $context,
    new WordPressHooks(),
    new WordPressOptionStorage(),
    new WordPressTransientStorage(),
    new WordPressHttpClient(),
    new NullLogger()
);

$plugin->register();

Unit testing without WordPress

Swap in the in-memory testing adapters. No WordPress bootstrap required.

use AdapterKit\Core\Testing\InMemoryOptionStorage;
use AdapterKit\Core\Testing\MockHttpClient;
use AdapterKit\Core\Testing\RecordingLogger;

final class LicenseServiceTest extends TestCase
{
    private InMemoryOptionStorage $options;
    private MockHttpClient        $http;
    private RecordingLogger       $logger;
    private LicenseService        $service;

    protected function setUp(): void
    {
        $this->options = new InMemoryOptionStorage(['myplugin_license' => []]);
        $this->http    = new MockHttpClient();
        $this->logger  = new RecordingLogger();
        $this->service = new LicenseService(
            $this->options, $this->http, $this->logger, 'myplugin_license'
        );
    }

    public function test_activate_stores_key_on_success(): void
    {
        $this->http->addJsonResponse('/activate', ['ok' => true], 200);

        $result = $this->service->activate('VALID-KEY-123');

        $this->assertTrue($result->isSuccess());
        $stored = $this->options->get('myplugin_license');
        $this->assertTrue($stored['active']);
        $this->assertSame('VALID-KEY-123', $stored['key']);
    }

    public function test_activate_returns_failure_and_logs_warning_on_http_error(): void
    {
        $this->http->addErrorResponse('/activate', 'Connection refused.');

        $result = $this->service->activate('ANY-KEY');

        $this->assertFalse($result->isSuccess());
        $this->assertSame('activation_failed', $result->getCode());
        $this->assertTrue($this->logger->hasWarning('activation_failed'));
    }
}

PHPUnit bootstrap (`tests/bootstrap.php`)

<?php
// WordPress is NOT loaded.
require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

One line. Composer's autoloader includes devuri/wp-adapter and psr/log. All contracts and testing adapters are available. No WordPress, no WP_TESTS_DIR.

PHPUnit config (`phpunit.xml.dist`)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<phpunit bootstrap="tests/bootstrap.php"
         defaultTestSuite="Unit"
         colors="true">

    <testsuites>
        <testsuite name="Unit">
            <directory>tests/Unit</directory>
        </testsuite>
        <testsuite name="Integration">
            <directory>tests/Integration</directory>
        </testsuite>
    </testsuites>

    <coverage>
        <include>
            <directory suffix=".php">src</directory>
        </include>
    </coverage>

</phpunit>

defaultTestSuite="Unit" ensures vendor/bin/phpunit never loads the integration suite. Integration tests (those that require WordPress) must be marked @group integration and run explicitly:

# Unit only (default — no WordPress needed)
vendor/bin/phpunit --testdox

# Integration only (requires WP_TESTS_DIR)
WP_TESTS_DIR=/path/to/wordpress-tests-lib vendor/bin/phpunit --testsuite Integration

See examples/plugin-wiring/ for a complete, runnable example with service class, plugin class, and tests.

Testing adapters

All testing adapters live in AdapterKit\Core\Testing\ and are public, versioned API.

`InMemoryOptionStorage`

$options = new InMemoryOptionStorage(['myplugin_settings' => ['enabled' => true]]);
$options->update('myplugin_settings', ['enabled' => false]);
$options->has('myplugin_settings');  // true
$options->all();                      // full store contents
$options->clear();

`InMemoryTransientStorage` + `FrozenClock`

$clock      = new FrozenClock(1700000000);
$transients = new InMemoryTransientStorage($clock);
$transients->set('token', 'abc123', 60);
$transients->get('token');   // 'abc123'
$clock->advance(61);
$transients->get('token');   // false — expired

`MockHttpClient`

$http = new MockHttpClient();
$http->addJsonResponse('/activate', ['ok' => true], 200);
$http->addErrorResponse('/timeout', 'Request timed out.');

$http->post('https://api.example.com/activate', []);

$http->wasRequestMadeTo('/activate');  // true
$http->getLastRequest();               // ['method' => 'POST', 'url' => ..., ...]
$http->getRequestCount();              // 1

`RecordingHooks`

$hooks = new RecordingHooks();
$plugin->register($hooks);

$hooks->hasAction('admin_menu');                     // bool
$hooks->hasFilter('the_content');                    // bool
$hooks->hasRestRoute('/my-plugin/v1/settings');      // bool
$hooks->getActions();                                // array of all recorded actions

`RecordingLogger`

$logger = new RecordingLogger();
$service->run($logger);

$logger->hasWarning('rate_limit_exceeded');  // bool
$logger->hasError('activation_failed');      // bool
$logger->getErrors();                        // array
$logger->count('info');                      // int
$logger->clear();

`MockEnvironment`

$env = new MockEnvironment(
    'https://example.com',
    'https://example.com/wp-admin/',
    1700000000
);

$env->homeUrl('pricing');
$env->adminUrl('admin.php?page=my-plugin');
$env->setCurrentScreenId('settings_page_my-plugin');
$env->sanitizeTextField(' hello world ');  // 'hello world'

Contracts

Six interfaces in AdapterKit\Core\Contracts\. Our plugin code depends only on these.

Contract	Production adapter	Testing adapter
`HooksInterface`	`WordPressHooks`	`RecordingHooks`
`OptionStorageInterface`	`WordPressOptionStorage`	`InMemoryOptionStorage`
`TransientStorageInterface`	`WordPressTransientStorage`	`InMemoryTransientStorage`
`EnvironmentInterface`	`WordPressEnvironment`	`MockEnvironment`
`HttpClientInterface`	`WordPressHttpClient`	`MockHttpClient`
`ClockInterface`	`SystemClock`	`FrozenClock`

LoggerInterface is Psr\Log\LoggerInterface. NullLogger and WordPressDebugLogger are the production implementations.

Shared value types

PluginContext — immutable plugin metadata populated once at bootstrap.

$ctx = PluginContext::fromPluginFile(__FILE__, 'my-plugin', '1.0.0', 'my-plugin', 'myplugin_');

$ctx->getSlug();          // 'my-plugin'
$ctx->getVersion();       // '1.0.0'
$ctx->getDirPath();       // absolute path with trailing slash
$ctx->getDirUrl();        // URL with trailing slash
$ctx->getOptionPrefix();  // 'myplugin_'

Result — shared return type for service methods.

$result = Result::success(['saved' => true]);
$result = Result::failure('invalid_key', 'The license key is not valid.');

$result->isSuccess();   // bool
$result->getCode();     // string
$result->getMessage();  // string
$result->getData();     // array

KeyBuilder — prevents option/transient/hook naming drift.

$keys = new KeyBuilder('myplugin_');
$keys->option('settings');    // myplugin_settings
$keys->transient('token');    // myplugin_token
$keys->hook('activated');     // myplugin_/activated

Direct-load distribution

WordPress plugins are distributed as ZIP files without a Composer runtime. WP Adapter supports this out of the box.

Development workflow:

# 1. Install as a dev dependency
composer require --dev devuri/wp-adapter

# 2. Copy into lib/ (run this at build time, not at runtime)
vendor/bin/wp-adapter-copy

# 3. Load in our plugin's main file
# require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/wp-adapter/init.php';

# 4. Strip vendor/ before packaging. lib/ ships with the plugin.

wp-adapter-copy copies src/ and a PHP 7.4-safe copy of psr/log into lib/wp-adapter/. The init.php entry point registers two PSR-4 autoloaders — one for AdapterKit\Core\ and one for Psr\Log\ — so no Composer is needed on the end user's server.

Do not use a class_exists guard:

// Wrong — silently accepts the first loaded version if multiple plugins use this package
if (! class_exists(AdapterKit\Core\Result::class)) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/wp-adapter/init.php';
}

// Correct — load unconditionally
require_once __DIR__ . '/lib/wp-adapter/init.php';

Namespace-per-plugin scoping is deferred to a future build step.

Requirements


PHP	7.4, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2
WordPress	No minimum enforced
Dependencies	`psr/log ^1.1` (runtime)

The package is deliberately PHP 7.4 compatible throughout. mixed type hints, constructor property promotion, union types, and all other PHP 8.0+ syntax are forbidden in src/.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

devuri / wp-adapter

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The problem this solves

Our plugin must follow the boundary rule

Installation

Wiring production adapters

Unit testing without WordPress

PHPUnit bootstrap (`tests/bootstrap.php`)

PHPUnit config (`phpunit.xml.dist`)

Testing adapters

`InMemoryOptionStorage`

`InMemoryTransientStorage` + `FrozenClock`

`MockHttpClient`

`RecordingHooks`

`RecordingLogger`

`MockEnvironment`

Contracts

Shared value types

Direct-load distribution

Requirements

Further reading

License

devuri / wp-adapter

Maintainers

Package info

Statistics

Security

README

The problem this solves

Our plugin must follow the boundary rule

Installation

Wiring production adapters

Unit testing without WordPress

PHPUnit bootstrap (tests/bootstrap.php)

PHPUnit config (phpunit.xml.dist)

Testing adapters

InMemoryOptionStorage

InMemoryTransientStorage + FrozenClock

MockHttpClient

RecordingHooks

RecordingLogger

MockEnvironment

Contracts

Shared value types

Direct-load distribution

Requirements

Further reading

License

PHPUnit bootstrap (`tests/bootstrap.php`)

PHPUnit config (`phpunit.xml.dist`)

`InMemoryOptionStorage`

`InMemoryTransientStorage` + `FrozenClock`

`MockHttpClient`

`RecordingHooks`

`RecordingLogger`

`MockEnvironment`