Wordpress: Package plugin with theme

Question

Okay, this may sound silly but stay with me.

I am packaging a Wordpress Premium Theme for sales in a major marketplace. The theme is heavily dependant on a couple of plugins (self-developed).

I cannot expect the buyers to manually install both my plugins before installing the theme. Now that I am packaging the themes for sale, how do I package the plugins with it?

I want the plugins to a part of the package I deliver to the buyers and the plugins should automatically install when the theme is installed.

On the other hand, I have seen Premium Theme developers packing some serious custom functionality into their themes. How is such extra functionality integrated with the themes? Can anyone link to any tutorials?

Answer 1

This class that I built with another developer should be a good solution for your problem. :)

https://github.com/thomasgriffin/TGM-Plugin-Activation