│ └── environments # → Environment specific configs
│ ├── development.php # → Development config
│ ├── local.php # → Local config
│ └── production.php # → Production config
├── vendor # → Composer packages (never edit)
├── app # → wp-content equivalent
│ ├── mu-plugins # → Must use plugins
│ ├── plugins # → Plugins
├── wiaas # → Our code goes here
│ ├── themes # → Themes
│ └── uploads # → Uploads
├── wp-config.php # → Required by WP (never edit)
├── index.php # → WordPress view bootstrapper
└── wp # → WordPress core (never edit)
```
This approach enables:
- Better folder structure (wordpress core is in separate folder and is treated as dependency)
- Dependency management with Composer (wordpress core and plugins)
- Easy WordPress configuration with environment specific files
- Environment variables with [Dotenv](https://github.com/vlucas/phpdotenv)
- Enhanced security (all sensitive information is accessed with environment variables)
- Secure passwords with [wp-password-bcrypt](https://github.com/roots/wp-password-bcrypt)
- Composer as task runner for automatic wordpress db updates
- Dependencies management
Wordpress core (`"johnpbloch/wordpress"`) and wordpress plugins code are managed with `composer.json` file.
But using combination of [Composer scripts](https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/scripts.md) and [WP CLI commands](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/)
we can automate database updates as well (mainly plugin activation and db updates after plugin version change);
For adding new plugin from wordpress official repo add `"wpackagist-plugin/{plugin_name}": "{plugin_version}"` to `composer.json`.
Then add package to `"activate-plugins"` composer script in `composer.json` file in order in which you wish them to be activated.
If plugin exposes wp cli command for database updates add it to `"update-db"` composer script in `composer.json` file
(ex: woocommerce plugin exposes `wp wc update` which will apply pending database plugins for woocommerce).
For updating wordpress core or plugins, update version for package
(wordpress core database changes will be applied with `wp core update-db` cli command ).
After any of these actions run:
composer update # → Will download latest code
composer update-db # → Activate plugins and calls all exposed wp cli commands for db updates
For removing plugin that has no db changes just remove it from composer.json and execute `composer update` which will remove its code;
If plugin has database changes that we wish to be removed that is oneoff migration that can be done from
admin panel or using `wp plugin deactivate {plugin_name} && composer remove wpackagist-plugin/{plugin_name}` script.
WP CLI is very powerful tool for writing automation scripts without need to track and copy mysql dumps.
- Wiaas plugin
Our code is placed inside `backend/app/plugins/wiaas` folder.
This folder will be managed by git and commited to repository (check `backend/.gitignore`).
Wiaas exposes `wp wiaas update-db` command to WP CLI which will execute pending db updates for wiaas.
If your feature requires some database updates that can be easiliy executed from wordpress code, then
place this update to `wiaas/includes/db-updates/wiaas-db-update-functions.php` as a function named `wiaas_db_update_{name}`.
Then add this function to `wiaas/includes/class-wiaas-db-update.php` with its timestamp.
This way after `composer update-db` is executed your database update will be applied.