What is Shifter Local?
Shifter Local is a Docker image for testing WordPress themes and plugins while migrating to Shifter.
You can check out Shifter Local here.
This time, I will briefly explain how to create a WordPress theme development environment using Shifter Local.
Before You Start
Make sure Git is set up in you local environment.
Docker must be installed in advance.
Shifter Local is basically a command line tool.
Shifter-Local installation
Git clone to a suitable location.
git clone https://github.com/getshifter/shifter-local
Change to the cloned directory.
cd shifter-local
Start Docker.
docker-compose up -d
After launching, access to https://127.0.0.1:8443 with a web browser, you should see the WordPress installation screen.
WordPress and theme setup
You can install WordPress on the browser from here, but wp-cli is also included in Shifter Local. So I will explain how to install the test environment on the command line.
First, attach to the container.
docker exec -i -t shifter-local_wp_1 / bin / bash
In the following command, inside the shifter-local_wp_1 container,
1. Install WordPress with the following credentials:
Username: supervisor
Password: strongpassword
2. Install and activate any plugins you might be using
3. Install the theme unit test data
4. Install and enable the starter theme(s) with the theme name sample-theme and activate it.
sudo -u www-data wp core install \
--path=/var/www/html/web/wp \
--url=example.com \
--title=Example \
--admin_user=supervisor \
--admin_password=strongpassword \
--admin_email=info@example.com \
&& \
sudo -u www-data wp plugin install \
--path=/var/www/html/web/wp \
debug-bar \
show-current-template \
wordpress-importer \
--activate \
&& \
wget wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WPTRT/theme-unit-test/master/themeunittestdata.wordpress.xml \
&& \
sudo -u www-data wp import themeunittestdata.wordpress.xml \
--path=/var/www/html/web/wp \
--authors=create \
&& \
rm themeunittestdata.wordpress.xml \
&& \
sudo -u www-data wp scaffold _s sample-theme \
--path=/var/www/html/web/wp \
--theme_name="Sample Theme" \
--author="John Doe"
The theme should have a directory name of sample-theme in volume / app / themes in the directory where docker-compose up -d was executed.
When you open https://127.0.0.1:8443/ in your browser, WordPress opens with the sample data set up.
You can login from https://127.0.0.1:8443/wp-login.php.
If you already have a theme or want to clone from git, go to volume / app / themes and do clone from there.
Also, if you execute make clean, you can initialize this environment and start over again.
And that’s it! Thanks for using Shifter!
