Fix: Resolve CI dependency conflicts and PHPCS/PHPUnit errors

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -28,15 +28,17 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ matrix.php-versions }}" == "7.0" ]]; then
+          # Install base dependencies from lock file
+          composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
+
+          # Update specific dependencies for higher PHP versions if needed
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.php-versions }}" == "7.4" || "${{ matrix.php-versions }}" == "8.0" ]]; then
+            echo "Updating dependencies for PHP ${{ matrix.php-versions }}..."
+            composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit:"^9.5" 10up/wp_mock:"^1.0" --no-update --no-plugins --no-scripts
+          elif [[ "${{ matrix.php-versions }}" == "7.0" ]]; then
             # Force PHPUnit 6.5 for PHP 7.0
             composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit:"^6.5" --update-with-dependencies
-          elif [[ "${{ matrix.php-versions }}" == "8.0" ]]; then
-            # Update PHPUnit and WP_Mock for PHP 8.0
-            composer require --dev phpunit/phpunit:"^9.5" 10up/wp_mock:"^1.0" --no-update
           fi
-          # Update all dependencies based on composer.json/composer.lock and any modifications above
-          composer update --prefer-dist --no-progress
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: ./vendor/bin/phpunit
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           tools: composer:v2, phpcs
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: composer update --prefer-dist --no-progress
+        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
 
       - name: Run PHPCS
         run: ./vendor/bin/phpcs --standard=WordPress ./includes ./admin ./wp-plugin-starter-template.php