justcoded/wordpress-starter

WordPress boilerplate with modern development tools, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure

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WordPress Project Template by JustCoded

WordPress Project Template is a skeleton WordPress site with modern development tools, easier configuration, improved folder structure and latest security best practices., _(*2)

Better project structure

The organization of skeleton is similar to putting WordPress core files in its own subdirectory, wp-content stays the same., _(*3)

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Dependency management with Composer

Manage your WordPress install and plugins with Composer, a PHP dependency manager. Composer will make development more reliable, help with team collaboration, and it helps maintain a better Git repository., _(*5)

Easy WordPress configuration

Environment specific configuration files and environment variables with Dotenv., _(*6)

Enhanced security

• Deny access to non-web files with server directives (with .htaccess files).
• Deny PHP scripts execution inside wp-content/uploads folder.
• Deny browsing the directory files list.
• Production & Staging environments have a restriction to update files from admin panel (only Media is allowed).
• Command-line scripts for generating wp-admin HTTP Authorization files.

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Quick start

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.0
• Composer - Install | Download

Installation

1. Create a new project in a new folder for your site:, _(*8)

   composer create-project justcoded/wordpress-starter your-project-folder-name, _(*9)

2. Set important environment variables in .env file:, _(*10)

   • DB_NAME - Database name
   • DB_USER - Database user
   • DB_PASSWORD - Database password
   • DB_HOST - Database host
   • WP_HOME - Full URL to WordPress home (http://example.com)

3. Run WordPress install as usual by accessing your site at http://example.com/, _(*11)

4. Enjoy!, _(*12)

Composer helpers

• composer wp:theme generate new theme based on our Theme Boilerplate
• composer wp:secure generate new HTTP password for wp-admin folder

Contributing

Contributions are welcome from everyone., _(*13)