Work in Progress

Version 2.0

Based on the following template

Template WordPress project

Use this template to bootstrap a new WordPress project for use in the MOJ docker hosting environment.

It will provide you with a skeleton WordPress installation which runs locally in docker, and pre-configured with composer for dependency management.

Features

• Based on roots/bedrock
• Dependency management with Composer
• Enhanced password hashing using bcrypt
• Builds into a docker image
• Docker-compose is used to run as a local development server

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.1
• Composer - Install
• Docker & docker-compose - Install
• Dory (docker proxy for local development) - Install

Getting Started

1. Clone this repo to your local machine. Since you'll be using this as a starter for your project, you'll want to delete the .git directory.

   git clone git@github.com:ministryofjustice/wp-template.git .
   rm -rf .git

2. Create a .env file by copying from .env.example:

   cp .env.example .env

   Set the SERVER_NAME variable – it should be your project name, and must always end with .docker. This is the hostname that will be used for development on your local machine.

3. Build the project locally. This will install composer dependencies on your local filesystem.

   make build

   If you experience any errors at this point, it may be due to being unable to access the private composer repository. More details here.

4. Start the dory proxy, if it's not already running.

   dory up

   If you get an error message when trying to start dory, make sure you have docker running.

5. Build and run the docker image.

   make run

6. Once the docker image has built and is running, you should be able to access the running container by going to the hostname you specified in .env using your web browser.

   You will need to run through the WordPress installation wizard in your browser.

   The WordPress admin area will be accessible at /wp/wp-admin.

Composer + WordPress plugins

The installation of WordPress core and plugins is managed by composer.

See composer.json for the required packages.

Plugins in the WordPress plugin repository are available from WordPress Packagist (wpackagist).

Premium and custom plugins used by MOJ are available in the private composer repository composer.wp.dsd.io.

WordPress Packagist plugins

Wpackagist plugins are named by their slug on the WordPress plugin repository, prefixed with the vendor wpackagist-plugin.

Some examples:

Plugin name	WordPress plugin URL	URL slug	package name
Akismet	https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/	akismet	wpackagist-plugin/akismet
Hello Dolly	https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dolly/	hello-dolly	wpackagist-plugin/hello-dolly
Yoast SEO	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/	wordpress-seo	wpackagist-plugin/wordpress-seo

Example: Installing Akismet plugin

Run the following command:

composer require "wpackagist-plugin/akismet" "*"

This will install the latest version of Akismet using the corresponding wpackagist package.

Private composer repository

The private composer repository composer.wp.dsd.io contains premium and custom WordPress plugins.

Access to this repository is restricted. Refer to internal documentation for further details.

Theme

Put your theme files in web/app/themes.

Public themes can be installed using wpackagist.

Building theme assets

Theme assets can be built as part of the docker image. Add required commands to bin/build.sh.

Configure the default theme

Set your theme as the default by adding the following line to config/application.php:

define('WP_DEFAULT_THEME', 'yourthemename');

WP-CLI

The WordPress CLI is a useful tool for running commands against your WordPress installation.

To use WP-CLI, your docker container must already be running. (This will probably be running in a separate terminal session/tab.)

1. Run:

   make bash

   A bash session will be opened in the running container.

2. The WP-CLI will be available as wp.

   For example, to list all users in the install:

   wp user list

Email delivery

When running locally for development, emails sent by WordPress are not delivered. Instead they are captured by mailcatcher.

To see emails, go to http://mail.`SERVER_NAME` (i.e. the hostname set in your .env file) in your browser. e.g. http://mail.example.docker

This will load a webmail-like interface and display all emails that WordPress has sent.

Make commands

There are several make commands configured in the Makefile. These are mostly just convenience wrappers for longer or more complicated commands.

Command	Descrption
make build	Run the build script to install application dependencies and build theme assets. This will typically involve installing composer packages and compiling SASS stylesheets.
make clean	Alias of git clean -xdf. Restore the git working copy to its original state. This will remove uncommitted changes and ignored files.
make run	Alias of docker-compose up. Launch the application locally using docker-compose.
make bash	Open a bash shell on the WordPress docker container. The WP-CLI is accessible as wp. The application must already be running (e.g. via make run) before this can be used.
make test	Run tests on the application. Out of the box this will run PHP CodeSniffer (code linter).

Bedrock

This project is based on Bedrock. Therefore, much of the Bedrock documentation will be applicable.

Bedrock documentation is available at https://roots.io/bedrock/docs/.