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https://github.com/szepeviktor/wordpress-website-lifecycle

How to work with WordPress 📅 for long years
https://github.com/szepeviktor/wordpress-website-lifecycle

active-development agency-website long-term self-hosted wordpress wordpress-development wordpress-plugin wordpress-site wordpress-theme

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How to work with WordPress 📅 for long years

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/szepeviktor/wordpress-website-lifecycle
Owner: szepeviktor
License: unlicense
Created: 2022-12-21T17:07:38.000Z (about 2 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-09-26T07:33:28.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-09-26T14:40:53.419Z (3 months ago)
Topics: active-development, agency-website, long-term, self-hosted, wordpress, wordpress-development, wordpress-plugin, wordpress-site, wordpress-theme
Language: PHP
Homepage: https://github.com/stars/szepeviktor/lists/wordpress
Size: 116 KB
Stars: 63
Watchers: 11
Forks: 8
Open Issues: 9
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # WordPress website lifecycle

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How to work with WordPress. :bulb:

`#active-development` `#self-hosted` `#long-term` `#monitoring`

We run WordPress on Debian GNU/Linux operating system

which runs on an UpCloud cloud instance.

## Division of labour

Who does what.

1.  Editor manages the content and related settings.

2.  Developer commits plugin and theme source code to GitHub

    and initiates deployment (CI/CD).

3.  Viktor manages the operating system, webserver software,

    WordPress core, plugins, the theme, privileged users,

    system settings, security, backup and migrations.

There is no web-based administration.

WordPress installation is managed with git, **Composer** and WP-CLI on the command-line.

## More than the famous 5-minute installation

Our WordPress installation includes preparations for the next few **error-free years**.

These preparations are implemented in [MU plugins](/mu-plugins/).

## Support my work

Please consider sponsoring me monthly if you use my packages in an agency.

[![Sponsor](https://github.com/szepeviktor/.github/raw/master/.github/assets/github-like-sponsor-button.svg)](https://github.com/sponsors/szepeviktor)

They are already sponsoring me.

[](https://github.com/johnbillion)  

[](https://github.com/JJJ)  

[](https://github.com/montchr)  

[](https://github.com/blockifywp)  

## Working in a git repository

Our WordPress installation is stored in a git repository

and managed with Composer.

This is the starter template.

[szepeviktor/composer-managed-wordpress](https://github.com/szepeviktor/composer-managed-wordpress)

Custom plugins and themes live in separate git repositories.

**Purchased themes** should have an active child theme.

```bash

wp plugin install child-theme-configurator --activate

```

Keep the child theme in a git repository also.

## Onboarding for developers

Let's prevent working against each other!

-   Don't write code changing WordPress core behavior anywhere else than **MU plugins**,

    - removing admin menus, admin bar elements

    - disabling emojis

    - disabling comments

    - disabling feeds

    - disabling embeds

    - mail settings and logging

    - WAF: authentication/login, HTTP and REST API security

    - comment form and contact form spam traps

    - media management

    - nav menu, translation and content caching

    - HTTP and HTML optimization

    - CDN support

-   Plugin update check HTTP requests and updates itself are disabled

    because the whole WordPress installation is **managed with Composer**

-   Plugin and theme update and WordPress management-related admin pages are removed

    (updated with Composer, administered with WP-CLI)

-   WP-Cron is ran by a Linux cron job (the default pseudo cron/web callback is disabled)

-   Only things necessary for generating custom admin pages

    and generating HTML go into the **theme**

-   Business logic (e.g. processing input from visitors) goes into **plugins**

-   Please adhere to a coding standard of **your choice**

-   Please avoid [discouraged functions](https://github.com/szepeviktor/debian-server-tools/blob/master/webserver/laravel/phpcs.xml#L18)

-   We run static analysis on all source code

-   PSR-4 autoloading is suggested (no need for `require` and custom class autoloading)

-   WordPress core is installed in a separate subdirectory

-   Please also see [hosting information for developers](https://github.com/szepeviktor/debian-server-tools/blob/master/Onboarding.md#onboarding-for-developers)

## High level overview

:bulb:

- [Hosting](https://github.com/szepeviktor/infrastructure-for-hosting-web-applications)

- [Software stack](/WordPress-stack.md)

- [Performance](/WordPress-performance.md)

- [Security](/WordPress-security.md)

- [Production environment](https://github.com/szepeviktor/debian-server-tools/blob/master/webserver/Production-website.md)

## Installation materials

-   WordPress installation: [szepeviktor/composer-managed-wordpress](https://github.com/szepeviktor/composer-managed-wordpress)

-   [`wp-config`](/wp-config)

-   _Alternative [WP-CLI installation](WP-CLI-installation.md)_

-   MU plugins for core, theme and plugins: [/mu-plugins/](/mu-plugins)

    and how to install [Default plugins](/Plugins.md)

-   Starter plugin: [szepeviktor/starter-plugin](https://github.com/szepeviktor/starter-plugin)

-   Starter theme: [timber/starter-theme](https://github.com/timber/starter-theme/tree/2.x)

-   Starter child theme: [/divi-child/](/divi-child)

-   Feature plugins: [szepeviktor/wordpress-plugin-construction](https://github.com/szepeviktor/wordpress-plugin-construction)

## Theme review

- [Theme Check plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-check/)

- [unofficial fork of Theme Check plugin](https://themecheck.info/)

- [WPThemeReview Standard for PHP_CodeSniffer](https://github.com/WPTRT/WPThemeReview)

- [PHP Insights](https://github.com/nunomaduro/phpinsights)

## Development stuff

- [Leaving legacy technologies behind](https://github.com/szepeviktor/starter-plugin)

- [Hooks in WordPress](/WordPress-hooks.md)

- [OOP for WordPress](/WordPress-OOP.md)

- Tools for development: [SentencePress](https://github.com/szepeviktor/SentencePress)

- `wp_mail` emails https://github.com/johnbillion/wp_mail

## Testing

- [Query monitor](https://github.com/johnbillion/query-monitor)

- Unit tests without a database https://github.com/Automattic/wordbless

- [WP_Mock](https://github.com/10up/wp_mock)

- [Codeception](https://github.com/lucatume/wp-browser) (BDD)