Composer_and_WordPress__1_.pdf

An overview of how to install WordPress, themes and plugins via Composer

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1. Composer & WordPress
   Deploy All The Things - Tom J Nowell
   

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2. 1. What is Composer
   2. Installing WordPress
   3. Installing a Theme
   4. Installing a Plugin
   

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3. What is Composer?
   

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4. composer.json
   

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5. Is it Valid?
   

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6. composer.json
   

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7. Installing WordPress
   Via Packagist
   

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10. composer.json
    

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13. Installing Themes
    WPackagist to the rescue
    

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17. Installing a Plugin
    Lets install Akismet
    

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21. Some notes
    lock files, dev dependencies, the vendor folder
    

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22. The Vendor Folder
    Contains libraries and an autoloader
    

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23. The Lock File
    Contains a record of what Composer installed
    

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24. "require-dev"
    Add dev specific plugins/packages
    "require" : {
    "johnpbloch/wordpress": ">=4.9",
    "wpackagist-theme/twentyseventeen": "*",
    "wpackagist-plugin/akismet": "*",
    "php": ">=7.0"
    },
    "require-dev" : {
    "wpackagist-plugin/query-monitor": "*"
    }
    }
    

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25. Dev vs Production
    composer install --dev
    composer install --no-dev
    

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26. Questions?
    https://tomjn.com
    @tarendai
    

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