oik library management

oik-lib Contributors: bobbingwide, vsgloik Donate link: https://www.oik-plugins.com/oik/oik-donate/ Tags: library, boot, shared, trace, Must-Use, dependency, version Requires at least: 4.8 Tested up to: 6.4-beta2 Stable tag: 0.2.1 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html Text Domain: oik-lib Domain Path: /languages/ Description Shared library management for WordPress plugins. Background In June 2015, other than extension plugins, very few WordPress plugins shared common logic. Hardly any implemented plugin dependency logic. Plugins that used the same code had two choices: 1. Make the code subtly different; by function name, namespace or classes 1. Carefully manage the duplicated functions Conversely, many developers were using Composer to satisfy requirements for libraries used by "plugins". Show evidence... The oik-lib plugin is intended to support an API whereby plugins can request library functions without worrying too much about the source of the functions, or even the implementation. The plugin is intended to be easy to install and maintain and does not require SSH access to be used. Requirements Ability to request