How to merge local and live databases?

If you just merge the local DB into the production DB it actually means that your local install is a production as well. The problem is not with the ability to perform merge, the problem is that you don’t have a separation between production staging and dev servers. DB on dev installs are likely to … Read more

WordPress Workflow – version control, deployment = database issue

The answer is to try and avoid relaying on configuration changes via the admin interface. Don’t use plugins that you can not configure by filtering options, or better, use only those that have an official API and use the API. For example if a plugin has an option “pl_option” with which you are happy when … Read more

Git Workflow for Large, Live Site?

(I realize this question is five years old, and that the OP probably found a solution already.) I work on a team that manages a large WordPress website. We have tens of thousands of custom posts, with data being entered/edited dozens if not hundreds of times a day. We actually break things down a little … Read more

design and development workflow

If you are comfortable with a source control system such as git – one approach I have used successfully is to create a ‘lowest common denominator’ theme with all the standard functionality shared between the sites and nondescript styling (black and white, standard reset and typography styles etc). Then to do a new site, branch … Read more

How do I add version control to my workflow?

First of all, you need to recognize that there are two workflows here: yours and your client. Your Workflow Receive PSD Code HTML/CSS Code WordPress template Deploy theme to live WordPress site Their Workflow Devise required changes and email you Write posts Upload photos The Issue Implementing version control here has absolutely nothing to do … Read more

WordPress Git Workflow Help

General Questions answered Nr.1. Would like to have my git environment on my own server internally, not using Github to handle repos. The first thing I’d do is to check out composer and how it works with WordPress, which is a project by Andrey “@Rarst” Savchenko. Nr.2. Automatic creation of subdomains upon git branch creation … Read more