I’m using a custom Php script to install WordPress via the Softaculous API. Once installed, what’s the best way to programmatically install and activate a plugin? I could try setting up a custom WP script in Softaculous with a PHP script in a custom plugin in an mu-plugins folder, but I would prefer not to … Read more
Is it possible to clone the plugins and settings from a WordPress site to a new fresh install? I don’t want any of the content from the original site I just want all the plugins used and their settings. Just ftp’ing the plugins into the new install doesn’t work. It’s really important that all the … Read more
As my site becomes more important to my business, I want to have better version control so I can look up past changes and backup my code. I keep seeing people talking about having their entire site in git and I want to know how that works. I currently have my custom theme in my … Read more
I know this question has been asked a thousand times, but I’m really trying to work out how to get the best out of Git when working with WordPress. I’ve scoured the web and read dozens of articles, all that seem to cover the topic briefly. Here’s a few of the most notable one’s I’ve … Read more
I have a lot of markdown documents stored in a BitBucket repository. The md documents change often so I use it to track changes. I was now playing with the idea to ‘publish’ these MarkDown documents to a WordPress site. Is it possible to setup a continuous deployment of MarkDown documents to a WorPress site. … Read more
What is the best way to deploy Node.js? I have a Dreamhost VPS (that’s what they call a VM), and I have been able to install Node.js and set up a proxy. This works great as long as I keep the SSH connection that I started node with open. 16 Answers 16
I have a couple of WordPress websites that I’m maintaining. The websites are on various git repositories (one for each site) with individual remotes. Currently when there is a plugin update available etc I do the following: Sync up “non git” content (wp-content/uploads and database) with my local machine (if it has been a while … Read more
I’ve seen articles that teach how to migrate WordPress into Docker containers (see also here). I want to do the opposite. I am already running WordPress locally via Docker on my Windows 10 laptop. I want to migrate my local (containerized) WordPress instance into a hosted provider (e.g. WP Engine, GoDaddy, Bluehost, etc.). I don’t … Read more
I’m investigating the following java.lang.VerifyError java.lang.VerifyError: (class: be/post/ehr/wfm/application/serviceorganization/report/DisplayReportServlet, method: getMonthData signature: (IILjava/util/Collection;Ljava/util/Collection;Ljava/util/HashMap;Ljava/util/Collection;Ljava/util/Locale;Lorg/apache/struts/util/MessageRe˜̴MtÌ´MÚw€mçw€mp:”MŒŒ at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredConstructors0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredConstructors(Class.java:2357) at java.lang.Class.getConstructor0(Class.java:2671) It occurs when the jboss server in which the servlet is deployed is started. It is compiled with jdk-1.5.0_11 and I tried to recompile it with jdk-1.5.0_15 without succes. That is the compilation runs fine but … Read more
Composer has the option to load several dependencies only while being in development, so the tools will not be installed in production (on the live server). This is (in theory) very handy for scripts that only make sense in development, like tests, fake-data-tools, debugger, etc. The way to go is to add an additional require-dev … Read more
