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Wordpress scaffold wiki

This wiki describes the most common actions and changes needed to set up and customize a WordPress project based on this scaffold. It also includes some usages examples and conventions.

If the docs mention going to..:

• Grrr\Something it's referring to the PHP namespace
• Lorem › Ipsum it's a menu flow in the CMS

Note: this wiki is work in progress.

Getting started

• Prerequisites
• Setting up a project
• Generating front-end assets

WordPress & plugins

• Adding a regular plugin
• Adding a paid plugin
• Updating WordPress & plugins

Theme setup

• Adding navigation menus
• Adding image sizes

Admin & Editor

• Customizing the login screen
• Sorting menu items
• Adjusting the TinyMCE editor options
• Adjusting the TinyMCE editor styling

Post types, taxonomies & shortcodes

• Adding a post type
• Adding a taxonomy
• Adding a shortcode

Templates

• WordPress template hierarchy
• Rendering the right Twig template
• File & folder structure

• Adding templates for a post type
• Adding a custom page template
• Adding data/context to a template
• Using Twig functions & filters
• Using responsive images

Advanced Custom Fields (ACF)

• Naming conventions & modularity
• Saving & syncing field groups

• Adding a flexible content block
• Adding flexible content to a template
• Adjusting flexible content CMS previews
• Pre-filling select options
• Adding theme options & snippets

Advanced

• Creating a REST API route
• Creating an admin view
• Adding a scheduled event
• Adding a WP-CLI command

Server & deployments

• Settings up deployments
• Connecting to a server via SSH
• [Deploying to a server](Deploying to a server)