WordPress project creation helper 
This repository is an empty wordpress project that can be used to start a new website. It also contains some tools to
help project industrialisation (deployment, testing, content manipulation...)., (*1)
Create a new project
To start a new project using this barebone one, you just need to run :, (*2)
composer create-project chstudio/wordpress-project [path] [version]
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[path] is the path to the installation directory, if not defined, a wordpress-project folder will be created in your
current path.
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[version] is the version of the project to use when installing, if not defined, the more recent stable is used, else
you can use : dev-master, v0.0.0, ...
You can also use a simple git clone :, (*3)
git clone https://github.com/CHStudio/wordpress-project.git
Configuration
To configure database credentials and all the others settings, you can rely to command parameters or create a specific
wp-cli.local.yml file at project root., (*4)
You must check the WP-CLI configuration handbook for more details., (*5)
Example of local configuration :, (*6)
path: public/wp-cms
color: true
core install:
title: "WordPress Project !"
url: http://wordpress-project.dev
admin_user: stephane
admin_email: s.hulard@chstudio.fr
core config:
dbuser: root
dbpass: mypass
dbname: my_database
extra-php: |
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', 50 );
Beware, never add your wp-cli.local.yml file to Git, it may contains sensitive information., (*7)
Installation
This project rely on WP-CLI to perform common tasks., (*8)
To install your local environment you must run the following commands :, (*9)
bin/wp core download
bin/wp core config
bin/wp core install
mv public/wp-cms/wp-config.php public
If your local configuration is not defined, you must pass all the required parameters. You can get more details by
running --help flag on each command (will display parameters and command description)., (*10)
If you haven't defined it, the core install will prompt the generated administrator password, you'll be asked to change it
after your first admin panel login., (*11)
The last one moves the generated configuration file to your project public root. It's mandatory to use the
public/wp-content folder as code container., (*12)
When the execution has succeded, you can access your local installation., (*13)
Philosophy
You can review some details about this project philosophy here (french) : http://www.24joursdeweb.fr/2014/comment-bien-versionner-son-site-wordpress-avec-git-et-github/, (*14)
A presentation was made at the first WordCamp in Lyon (france). You can review the video or the slides., (*15)
Contributing
We welcome everyone to contribute to this project. Below are some of the things that you can do to contribute., (*16)
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