Workflows and Deployment. Set up environment using MAMP, WAMP or Vagrant. Track code using Git or Subversion and migrate your database.

1. WordPress Workflows
PBWEB.CO.UK
@PHILL_BROWN

2. What is a Workflow?

3. Theme Dev Dev
Live
Local
Remote
Plugin Dev
Staging

4. • Collaboration
• Tracked changes
• Code recovery
• Distribution
• Consistency

5. Stack

8. • OS agnostic
• Automated provisioning
• Consistent
• Instantiable
• VagrantPress

9. Codebase

10. Version Control

13. Provisioning VC
• wp-config.php
• upgrade
Optional:
• blogs.dir
• uploads
• htaccess/web.config

14. Provisioning VC
WordPress Skeleton – Mark Jaquith

15. • Github
• Bitbucket
• Beanstalk
• Direct remotes
Shared hosts

16. Staging Live
Bitbucket
Environments
Code host
Dev

18. Database

19. 1. Shared Database
2. WordPress post import/export
3. WP Migrate DB Pro

20. Staging Live
Dev DB
Dev
Live DB
Shared Database

21. • Keeps everything consitent
• Depends on common URLs
• Users can overwrite one another
Shared Database

22. RemoteLocal Export
Import / Export
WP-CLI WP-CLI

23. • Simple post-based sites
• Transfers media
• Doesn’t migrate options and widgets
Widget Settings Importer/Exporter
Define settings as config constants
Import / Export

24. WP Migrate DB Pro
RemoteLocal
HTTP

25. • Full HTTP(S) DB transfer
• Replaces site URLs and filepaths
• Requires same table prefix
• Media library add-on
WP Migrate DB Pro

26. MISSING
MERGES

27. • Consistent local and remote
environments
• Version control
• Database migrations
• Start well
Summary

28. • Code Deployment (Capistrano)
• Provisioning (Puppet + Chef)
Final thoughts

29. Questions?
@PHILL_BROWN
ASK@PBWEB.CO.UK