WP Realm

WordPress news, reviews from all over the world

Main navigation

Nuno Morgadinho

WordPress wp-cli Kung-Fu Made Simple

by 8 Comments

With every new site or project, there comes a new WordPress install, and a few steps are needed before you can start to work. They usually involve one or more of the following:

  • download / update WordPress
  • create a new database and database user
  • set up Apache vhost
  • set up vhost url on system hosts file
  • install your favorite plugins
  • install a theme

This is a fairly simple process, which takes up a few minutes every time you start on a new project. However, since I like to automate things to decrease the chance of screwing up, and saving time, I’ve started to play around to see if I could somehow streamline this process. [Read more…] about WordPress wp-cli Kung-Fu Made Simple

Yes, You Can: Plugin Auto-Updates From Github

by 10 Comments

One of the things I love about WordPress is the plugin architecture, as it allows users to contribute and extend WordPress without compromising the sanity and clarity of its core.

Whenever I write a plugin I tend to submit it to the official plugin repo, where it can quickly be downloaded  and used by thousands of savvy users. I also often host my plugins on GitHub too; either because I’m still developing them and I’m not quite ready to release them to the world or simply because it might be a client-specific or commercial plugin. In those cases I always feel shorthanded when I see other plugins receive new update notifications and the ones on GitHub have to be updated manually. [Read more…] about Yes, You Can: Plugin Auto-Updates From Github