While I agree with Justin Tadlock on a lot of things, I strongly disagree with him on this. The reason parent/child themes exist is that there’s a lot of common functionality used across websites. Instead of re-inventing the wheel every time, it’s better to build from a solid base that has been tested by hundreds … Read more
Have a look at trellis and bedrock at https://roots.io/, it’s open source. Bedrock allows you to manage wordpress plugins via composer. Trellis is a tool to get you a development and production environment, with ensuring that they behave the same, including deployment workflow. They even explain the Twelve-Factor App methodology, how it relates to WordPress … Read more
Yes, you need to search a bit for the build steps. You want Getting Started with Code Contribution: After installing Node, you can build Gutenberg by running the following from within the cloned repository: npm ci npm run build Note: The install scripts require Python to be installed and in the path of the local … Read more
There is also a plugin named Adminize that will allow you to completely customize what the client can see in the admin. If you use this plugin you can set yourself up as Admin and then give your client a lesser role, which will allow you to continue to have administrative control over the site.
Your mistake is the WP_CONTENT_URL’s postfix. You should set the definitions in the following manner: define(“COOKIE_DOMAIN”, “www.artisanplombier-pascher.com”); define(“WP_CONTENT_URL”, “https://static.artisanplombier-pascher.com”); Then, you should configure the static. subdomain’s path in your server’s configuration file or your hosting’s control panel. Create a subdomain named “static” or something similar and configure its path to your (WordPress) website’s “wp-content” folder. … Read more
I would be very afraid to develop on 3.8.1 and try to run the same code on 3.5.1. Things have changed. 3.5.1 is ancient by web app standards. I can’t say that I have ever tried to “backport” like that, but it does worry me. Much of your code would work. WordPress itself is pathologically … Read more
I set up every environment with a fresh WordPress installation. Then I do an initial commit from my local dev and start working there with Gitflow Workflow. Then I deploy the develop branch to the staging environment and the master branch to the live site. I ignore all the uploads in wp-content/uploads. Every instance will … Read more
Migrating local WordPress site to Openshift
Development environment
Preload Cache for thousands of posts may be on non-production environment