diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin-check.yml b/.github/workflows/plugin-check.yml
index 159b9420..4506f010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin-check.yml
@@ -70,14 +70,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Setup PHP and install production dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-php-composer
+        with:
+          php-version: '8.2' # Note: All plugins are compatible with PHP 8.2
+          working-directory: plugins/${{ matrix.plugin }}
+          composer-options: '--no-progress --optimize-autoloader --no-dev'
+
+      # Check what ships, not the source tree. composer archive applies the plugin's
+      # archive.exclude list, the same as release-plugin.yml.
+      - name: Build plugin archive
+        working-directory: plugins/${{ matrix.plugin }}
+        env:
+          SLUG: ${{ matrix.plugin }}
+        run: |
+          composer archive --format=zip --file="plugin-build/$SLUG" --dir="."
+          mkdir -p "$RUNNER_TEMP/plugin-check/$SLUG"
+          unzip -q "plugin-build/$SLUG.zip" -d "$RUNNER_TEMP/plugin-check/$SLUG"
+
       - name: Run Plugin Check
         uses: wordpress/plugin-check-action@v1
         with:
-          build-dir: plugins/${{ matrix.plugin }}
+          build-dir: ${{ runner.temp }}/plugin-check/${{ matrix.plugin }}
           exclude-directories: |
-            .git
             vendor
-            node_modules
-            tests
+          # The plugins ship through GitHub Releases and Composer, not WordPress.org,
+          # so the Update URI header is intentional.
+          ignore-codes: |
+            plugin_updater_detected
           ignore-warnings: true
           include-experimental: false
diff --git a/plugins/wpgraphql-logging/composer.json b/plugins/wpgraphql-logging/composer.json
index 4f717be2..71d333c5 100644
--- a/plugins/wpgraphql-logging/composer.json
+++ b/plugins/wpgraphql-logging/composer.json
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 		"name": "wpgraphql-logging",
 		"exclude": [
 			"/.*",
+			".gitkeep",
 			"/build-sha.txt",
 			"/docs",
 			"/TESTING.md",