Lando WordPress Template 🛠️🎉

Introduction 🚀

This repository provides a Lando-based environment for WordPress development. It's designed for WordPress developers who want a clean, flexible, and efficient local development setup. It comes with pre-configured services like Redis, Mailhog, and PhpMyAdmin to make development easier and faster.

Quick Start 🏁

Prerequisites ✅

• Lando must be installed. Follow the Lando Docs for installation instructions.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/YevheniiVolosiuk/lando-wordpress-template.git
   cd lando-wordpress-template

2. Start the Lando environment:

   lando start

3. Install WordPress:

   lando install:wp

   This command will install a fresh copy of WordPress with basic configuration.

4. Set up WordPress (clean default content):

   lando setup:wp

   This will clean up the default posts, pages, comments, and apply some initial site settings.

Included Services 🧰

• Redis: Object caching is enabled by default for improved performance. 🔥
• Mailhog: Catch and view outgoing emails in a dev environment. 📧
• PhpMyAdmin: Easily manage your database via PhpMyAdmin (access at http://pma.wordpress-app.lndo.site). 🗄️

Available Commands ⚙️

Here are some useful commands you can run via Lando:

• lando install:wp - Install a fresh WordPress setup with basic configuration. 💻
• lando setup:wp - Clean up default content (posts, pages, comments) and apply initial settings. 🧹
• lando install:redis - Install and enable Redis object caching. 🚀

For any other WordPress-related operations, use WP-CLI with the command:

• lando wp [command] - Run any WP-CLI command (e.g., lando wp plugin install acf). ⚡

Directory Structure 📂

This project follows a specific directory structure:

• .lando.yml: Lando configuration file for the project. ⚙️
• .lando/bin/: Contains custom scripts for various tasks (like setting up WordPress or Redis). 📝
• .lando/utils/: Contains utility scripts for your Lando environment. 🛠️
• public/: The WordPress root directory where your WordPress installation lives. 🏠

Extending the Environment 🌱

This template is designed to be easily extendable. You can:

• Add custom services (e.g., Xdebug for PHP debugging). 🐞
• Add additional WordPress plugins or themes. 🎨
• Customize the environment to fit your specific development needs. 🔧

For example, you can add Xdebug for local PHP debugging by editing the .lando.yml file and adding the Xdebug service.

Contributing 💡

We welcome contributions! If you'd like to improve this template, please fork the repo and create a pull request.

To extend:

• Fork the repository 🍴
• Create a new branch (git checkout -b my-feature) 🌳
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add new feature') 📝
• Push to your fork (git push origin my-feature) 🚀
• Create a pull request against the main branch 🎯

License 📜

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details. ⚖️