diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/test-playwright.yml
index 371d8bb4a..fa4e14417 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-playwright.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,20 @@ on:
         default: ''
         required: false
         type: string
+      BUILD_WORKFLOW_FILENAME:
+        description: Workflow filename to resolve the build run ID from when triggered outside of a workflow_run event.
+        default: 'build-and-distribute.yml'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      ARTIFACT_NAME:
+        description: >
+          Name of the artifact produced by the build workflow to download and repack as a zip for plugin installation.
+          Expects the artifact to contain `<name>/` inside, produces `<name>.zip` with `<name>/` at the zip root.
+          When provided, the workflow resolves the producing run ID from the triggering workflow_run event or
+          the latest successful run of BUILD_WORKFLOW_FILENAME on the current branch.
+        default: ''
+        required: false
+        type: string
     secrets:
       ENV_FILE_DATA:
         description: Additional environment variables for the tests.
@@ -189,8 +203,7 @@ jobs:
           rsync -av ./build/ . && rm -rf ./build/
 
       - name: Install Playwright dependencies
-        run: |
-          npx playwright install ${{ inputs.PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_ARGS }}
+        run: npx playwright install ${{ inputs.PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSER_ARGS }}
 
       - name: Create environment file
         env:
@@ -267,6 +280,50 @@ jobs:
           npx wp-env run tests-cli wp config set WP_HOME "$NGROK_URL"
           sed -i "s|WP_BASE_URL=.*|WP_BASE_URL=$NGROK_URL|" .env.ci
 
+      - name: Resolve artifact run ID
+        id: resolve-artifact-run-id
+        if: ${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME != '' }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_run" ]; then
+            RUN_ID="${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}"
+            echo "Using workflow_run event run ID: $RUN_ID"
+          else
+            RUN_ID=$(gh run list \
+              --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
+              --workflow="${{ inputs.BUILD_WORKFLOW_FILENAME }}" \
+              --branch="${{ github.ref_name }}" \
+              --status=success \
+              --limit=1 \
+              --json databaseId \
+              -q '.[0].databaseId')
+            if [ -z "$RUN_ID" ]; then
+              echo "::error::No successful ${{ inputs.BUILD_WORKFLOW_FILENAME }} run found on branch ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            echo "Resolved run ID from gh run list: $RUN_ID"
+          fi
+          echo "run_id=$RUN_ID" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Download artifact
+        if: ${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME != '' }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh run download ${{ steps.resolve-artifact-run-id.outputs.run_id }} \
+            -p "${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME }}-*" \
+            -D "tests/qa/resources/files"
+
+      - name: Zip artifact
+        if: ${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME != '' }}
+        working-directory: tests/qa/resources/files
+        run: |
+          cd "${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME }}-"*/
+          zip -rq "../${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME }}.zip" "${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME }}"
+          cd ..
+          rm -rf "${{ inputs.ARTIFACT_NAME }}-"*/
+
       - name: Execute custom code before executing the test script
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}