WordPress Getting Started Guide¶
This tutorial gives an example of the DDEV-Live commands specific to WordPress. First you will need to set up your DDEV-Live account and connect to your GitHub acccount using the Getting Started Guide. DDEV-Live supports other PHP applications and CMSs such as TYPO3, Drupal, etc.
DDEV-Live default settings for WordPress¶
We give additional flags below to use if your project differs from these defaults.
- Default WordPress version is WordPress 5.3.2.
- Default docroot is the project root.
- Default branch is master.
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Add a WordPress site from your connected GitHub account¶
To create a site named mysite on DDEV-Live and import code from a connected GitHub account named ddev-demo with a repo named mysite using the default settings, run:
$ ddev-live create site wordpress mysite --git-repo https://github.com/ddev-demo/mysite
Use ddev-live describe site mysite to view info about your site.
WordPress-specific flags¶
You can add flags for specific configuration options. Use ddev-live create site wordpress --help to see all possible flags and their descriptions.
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
--wordpress-version <version> |
Specify WordPress version, <5.x>. The default is 5.3.2. |
--docroot <path> |
The docroot is the directory from which your site is served. The default is the project root, --docroot "". This value is a relative path from your project root. For WordPress, you might use --docroot web. |
--ephemeral-paths <path> |
A comma-separated list of ephemeral mount paths relative to docroot (ex. content/cache). |
--persistent-paths <path> |
A comma-separated list of persistent mount paths relative to docroot (ex. content/uploads). |
Here is an example for a WordPress site that requires composer install, with the docroot in /docroot:
$ ddev-live create site wordpress ddev-demo/mysite --git-repo https://github.com/ddev-demo/mysite --docroot docroot --run-composer-install