Wordpress Stack

Circul8's WordPress stack based on the Root's Bedrock with some pre-installed plugins.

Installation

1. Init the project

Create a new project in a new folder:

It's important to set the ACF PRO key at the beginning otherwise the installation will fail:

  $ export ACF_PRO_KEY=123abc
  $ composer create-project circul8/wordpress your-project-folder-name

2. Configure the DB

Update environment variables in .env file:

• DB_NAME - Database name
• DB_USER - Database user
• DB_PASSWORD - Database password
• DB_HOST - Database host
• WP_ENV - Set to environment (development, staging, production)
• WP_HOME - Full URL to WordPress home (http://example.com)
• WP_SITEURL - Full URL to WordPress including subdirectory (http://example.com/wp)
• AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, LOGGED_IN_KEY, NONCE_KEY, AUTH_SALT, SECURE_AUTH_SALT, LOGGED_IN_SALT, NONCE_SALT

3. Others

1. Set your site vhost document root to /web folder e.g. /path/to/site/web/

2. Access WP admin at http://example.com/wp/wp-admin

Plugins

Pre-installed plugins

1. Classic Editor (activated -> MU* plugin)
   • We don't use the Gutenberg.
2. Disable Comments (activated -> MU* plugin)
   • All comments must be disabled. We don't use this functionallity. Also, it's a security hole.
3. Duplicate Post (activated -> MU* plugin)
   • Administration UX tweak to easily copy/paste posts.
4. Post Types Order (activated -> MU* plugin)
   • Administration UX tweak to easily reorder posts.
5. Tinymce Advanced (activated -> MU* plugin)
   • WYSIWYG enahancement.
6. Advanced Custom Fields PRO (activated -> must use)
   • Most important plugin.
7. Wordfence (not activated)
   • This is not mandatory plugin, but recommended. Security.
8. WP Mail SMTP (not activated)
   • This is not mandatory plugin, but recommended, wpmail() is not reliable. Company policy is to use Mailgun.

*MU - Must Use Plugin

Installing new plugins

Installing new plugins are usually disabled on production due to security reasons, therefore use composer:

1. Find the plugin at WPackagist
2. Install the plugin composer require wpackagist-plugin/akismet

Testing & Coding style

The PHPCS has been removed due to the fact this is just a scaffold for WP Headless projects that should use WP plugins only without any theme.

If additional functionality is needed, follow the Circul8 Coding Standards here.

Local development

In order to develop this project package locally, you need to:

1. Clone this repo
2. Do your changes in the clone
3. Commit changes (do not push)
4. Create packages.json somewhere (see bellow)
5. Run the create-project with specified packages.json (see bellow)

create-project

$ composer clearcache && export ACF_PRO_KEY="123==" && composer create-project --repository-url={YOURPATH}/packages.json circul8/wordpress:dev-master

Don't forget to change the {YOURPATH} to your packages.json.

packages.json

{
  "package": {
      "name": "circul8/wordpress",
      "version": "1.0.0",
      "source": {
        "url": "{YOURPATH}wordpress/.git",
        "type": "git",
        "reference": "{YOURBRANCH}"
      }
  }
}

Again, don't forget to change the {YOURPATH}. This time it must lead to the cloned repository of the circul8/wordpress. You also need to change the {YOURBRANCH} to your testing branch.

Reference

• https://gist.github.com/wimvds/7150868

Documentation / Reference

• Bedrock
• Composer
• WPackagist

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Change log

• v2.0.0 (2020-01-28)
  • Upgraded to latest Bedrock.
  • Removed starter theme -> ongoing projects should be headless.
  • Removed Timber plugin -> ongoing projects should be headless.
  • Upgraded to the Wordpress 5.3
  • All plugins updated.
• v1.0.0 (2019-03-14)
  • Versioning started. Wordpress upgraded to 5.1.1.
  • Fix of ACF to work with Guttenberg.
  • Upgraded to latest Bedrock.