WordPress template

A base template for new dxw WordPress projects, including decision records.

Using this template

Click "Use this template" to start a new Github repo based on this template, or use whippet generate app to generate a repo locally.

Search for TODO in this README, and across this repo, and follow those instructions to update it for your new repo, and then delete those instructions.

TODO: Remove the above sections from the README

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[Your Project Name]

TODO: Replace the [Your Project Name] heading above with the name of your project.

Production: Staging:

TODO: Add the production & staging URLs to the above.

Please use main/develop branches.

Project Management

• Trello

TODO: add the link to the Trello board

Ghost Inspector Tests

• Production
• Staging

TODO: generate default Ghost Inspector test suites for staging p, using GovPress Tools:

govpress ghostinspector create-suite -s [dalmatian-service-name] -i [dalmatian-infrastructure name -e [dalmatian-environment]

Then add the link to this site's Ghost Inspector tests above

Getting started

Run the setup (first-time run only):

script/setup

Start the server:

script/server

You can also run the server in detached mode (i.e. without any output to your console):

script/server -d

Once the server has started, the following containers will be running:

• WordPress: http://localhost (username/password: admin/admin)
• MailCatcher: http://localhost:1080
• Beanstalk Console: http://localhost:2080
• MySQL: http://localhost:3306 (username/password: root/foobar)

For a /bin/sh console running on the WordPress container, run script/console For a MySQL console, run bin/wp db cli

Plugins & Themes

Use Whippet to manage plugins or external themes.

See the theme README for more on how to develop the theme.

TODO: Remove the README.md from wp-content/themes/theme, and rename README.example.md to README.md, updating it as needed.