Learn how to automate version control for your WordPress site using Git. Enhance your web development skills with easy-to-follow lessons!
In this course, you’ll dive into the world of version control for WordPress using Git. It’s super chill—you’ll learn everything from setting up your GitHub account to scripting for automation and managing your site like a pro! Perfect for anyone looking to level up their WordPress game.
Automating WordPress Version control
There are a few simple truths that remain consistent despite the pace at which technology advances in the web development industry.
One of which is version control.
In this course IÂ would like to take you through how to properly navigate, Git a system of version control for every aspect of your WordPress site including themes, plugins the database and uploads.
We will also dive into the command line moving away from graphical user interfaces, so to leverage the power of git and bash scripting.
In this course we will be covering how to:
Create a Free Account on Github
Install Git on a machine
Setup Version control on a WordPress site locally
Some basic bash scripting for git and WordPress
Properly link a local git repository to Github
The logistics of pushing and pulling to Github using nothing but the command line
How to properly setup javascript, css and task management dependencies for version control in WordPress
Write a portable bash script that can automatically download and install plugins as well as import and export a WordPress database
How to link a WordPress site to a Content Delivery Network for free, to simplify upload management and speed up your site dramatically
All while within the paradigm of using Github effectively in a collaborative environment
I have no doubt that if you are a WordPress developer and you are not currently using version control everyday that this course will be a massive additional bonus to your skill-set.
Set up Git for a WordPress theme
Maintain WordPress plugins in Git
Automate, manage and migrate a WordPress database with Version control
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Richard is a Web Developer from Cape Town. He is passionate about learning and implementing new technology in the world of API’s, web and mobile application development. With a focus on WordPress and Django. Richard is also a BMUS graduate who enjoys gaming, galavanting around Cape Town and craft beer.
Content is pretty clear, but it needs to be updated to at least 2023. The UI on GitHub has been upgraded, Grunt is out of the equation, but I still get great ideas to improve development flows from this course."
This course is still relevant in 2023 and provides a good overview of git functionality and WP version control. I now understand the workflow for adding version control to a theme or custom plugin. However, the section on adding version control to the DB only seems practical for the simplest of websites - not for ecommerce or any use case where the production database is constantly changing. Maybe DB version control with this method could be helpful in a team setting for pushing changes from dev to staging though.
Such a great course! I am really happy that I signed up for it! Many-many interesting things that you can learn from this course!
Great explanations and easy to follow. Even though some applications have been deprecated there are alternatives and I managed to find my way. I now have a better understanding of git.
some code that is presented isnt explained. expect to do some manual work in understanding this
interesting course but some parts were difficult to follow as the code samples are provided for mac and cygwin did not resolve this issue, looks like there is no support and still do not have a clear understanding of what my workflow should be
Good so far.
So far its ok. The instructor should clarify if hes just going over github or if we should be following along ourselfs in our github.
The content is very relevant to me, I like the bash script section the most.
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Uladzislau D.
Half of the course is about basic git knowledge, another half is about basic bash cd/rm/for commands. No info about creating envs, migration, pages version control.