How to deliver WordPress like a PRO

On Tuesday, December 15, Raphael and I ran our second webinar on the official Buddy YouTube Channel followed by a Q&A section. This time we focused on WordPress delivery automation and presented five rules that will help you deliver better quality themes, plug-ins, and WordPress websites much faster.

5 rules of WordPress delivery by Buddy

• #1: Keep everything in version control
• #2: Automate everything
• #3: Release often
• #4: Build quality in
• #5: Plan. Do. Study. Act.

Timestamps

Below you'll find a complete list of events in the webinar. Click the link to jump to the desired moment in the video.

• 00:00 – Introduction
• 04:20 – Rule #1: Keep everything in version control
• 05:18 – Supported Git providers
• 06:15 – Configuration as code (YAML)
• 07:08 – Pipeline overview
• 07:25 – Rule #2: Automate everything
• 08:27 – Configuration through UI
• 10:48 – Parallelism
• 11:50 – Project overview
• 12:15 – Automatic deployment
• 14:52 – Caching dependencies
• 17:12 – Trigger conditions (actions)
• 21:02 – Trigger conditions (pipeline)
• 22:44 – Rule #3: Release often
• 25:32 – Rule #4: Build quality in
• 27:36 – Staging websites with sandboxes (introduction)
• 28:55 – Sandboxes configuration
• 32:35 – Launching WordPress in sandbox
• 38:36 – Manual deployment confirmation
• 39:27 – Visual tests
• 44:44 – Rule #5: Plan. Do. Study. Act.
• 47:52 – Summary
• 50:33 – Q&A 1: WordPress backups
• 53:35 – Q&A 2: Using Composer in WP
• 54:42 – Q&A 3: Database migrations (MySQL)