Local development environment for translate.wordpress.org

This project allows you to install a local development environment:

• using a Docker environment.
• Using a local environment: LAMP, LEMP, XAMPP, MAMP, Laravel Valet,... One local environment where you install a web server (usually Apache or NGINX), a database (usually MySQL or MariaDB) and PHP. We will use the LAMP term to talk about this environment.

Docker environment

Prerequisites

• Git. Install instructions.
• Docker. Install instructions.
• npm. Install instructions.

Setup

1. git clone [email protected]:WordPress/translate-w-org-env.git
2. cd translate-w-org-env
3. npm install
4. npm run start (This will provision some items, so it will take a few minutes.You will see all updates in the CLI).
5. Visit site at http://localhost:8888 .

Starting the environment

npm run start

Stopping the environment

npm run stop

Removing the environment

npm run destroy

Recreating the environment

npm run destroy-and-provision

Dashboard access

To access to the WordPress dashboard, you need to use:

• URL: http://localhost:8888/wp-login.php
• Username: admin
• Password: password

MySQL access

Docker uses a random port for the MySQL server. Take a look to this when you provision the system. The credentials to access to this server are:

• Username: root
• Password: password

LAMP environment

Prerequisites

• Git. Install instructions.
• A local environment with WordPress running in your local machine.
• The Bash shell in your $PATH. Check if you have the Bash in your $PATH executing type bash.
• PHP in your $PATH. Check if you have the PHP in your $PATH executing type php.
• MySQL in your $PATH. Check if you have the MySQL in your $PATH executing type mysql.
• WP-CLI in your $PATH. Check if you have the MySQL in your $PATH executing type wp.

Setup

If you don't have WordPress in your local machine, you can install it with the WP-CLI and these commands (use your own paths and values: usernames, passwords,...):

• cd /your/local/folder
• wp core download
• wp config create --dbname=wordpress --dbuser=wordpress --dbpass="password" --dbcharset=latin1 --dbcollate=latin1_swedish_ci
• wp db reset if you have some content in the database.
• wp core install --url="wordpress.test" --title="Test Site" --admin_user=admin --admin_password="password" [email protected]

Please, note that this installation is destructive and will delete the data you have in your WordPress.

1. git clone [email protected]:WordPress/translate-w-org-env.git
2. cd translate-w-org-env
3. Make sure that the provision.sh file has execution permissions. Execute chmod +x provision.sh to give execution permissions.
4. Execute this command ./provision.sh -t lamp -d /Users/myuser/code/wordpress/wp, where:
   1. -t lamp indicates that this installation is a LAMP type.
   2. -d /Users/myuser/code/wordpress/wp represents the WordPress full path. Use your WordPress path and don't include a slash at the end of the path.
5. Visit your local WordPress in the URL where you have installed it before.

Dashboard access

To access to the WordPress dashboard, you need to use the same URL you used before. Use these credentials:

• Username: admin
• Password: password

More info

This tool is inspired by WordPress Meta Environment and it is based on WordPress Theme Directory - Local development environment.

This tool uses the @wordpress/env Docker environment.