WordPress and Git – What folders should I track?

Basically ignore everything except your theme folder and custom plugins. sample .gitignore: 

wp-admin/
wp-includes/
.htaccess
index.php
license.txt
liesmich.html
readme.html
wp-activate.php
wp-blog-header.php
wp-comments-post.php
wp-config.php
wp-config-sample.php
wp-config-stage.php
wp-config-live.php
wp-config-dev.php
wp-config-production.php
wp-cron.php
wp-links-opml.php
wp-load.php
wp-login.php
wp-mail.php
wp-settings.php
wp-signup.php
wp-trackback.php
xmlrpc.php
config/
wp-content/plugins/
wp-content/mu-plugins/
wp-content/languages/
wp-content/uploads/
wp-content/upgrade/
wp-content/themes/*

# don't ignore the theme you're using
!wp-content/themes/yourthemename

This makes the most sense when used together with composer for installing wordpress and plugins.

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