How can I install a specific core version? Composer always installs the latest version of Drupal core, but I want Drupal 8.6, not Drupal 8.7.
How can I install a specific core version?
Now Drupal recommended project supports version as command line option. If you want to install version 8.8.5 via Composer then command will like as shown below.
composer create-project drupal/recommended-project:8.8.5 &lt;INSTALL_DIR&gt;