Gulp WordPress Boilerplate

A build system for developing WordPress themes using Gulp. It runs a local PHP web server with auto reload, uses Babel transpiler for JavaScript (ES6) and it bundles CSS with PostCSS and CSSNext. However you will still need an sql database.

Quick Setup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoLbiHSglSs

Sample Theme

http://www.lifes-kool.design/

The advantage of using the gulp-wordpress-boilerplate is the quick setup and no need to worry about setting up a running PHP server. The build takes care of everything.

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Features ⚡️

• Processing styles using PostCSS with CSSNext
• Babel Transpiler for JavaScript (ES6)
• JavaScript Concatenating and Minification
• Easy import for third party JavaScript libraries
• Image Compression
• Fetching latest WordPress version
• Local PHP development server running WordPress
• Live Reload for PHP Theme Files
• Live CSS Style Injection
• Included free sample template with Woocommerce support
• Distribution Files - ZIP Ready to be Shipped 🚀

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Setup ⚙️

This project requires node version 6. This is the only global dependency.

• NodeJS http://nodejs.org/

Installation ⏳

• Clone Repository: https://github.com/luangjokaj/gulp-wordpress-boilerplate
• Install node packages:

$ npm install

Install Wordpress

To download and install the latest version of Wordpress just run the install:wordpress task:

$ npm run install:wordpress

Development 👾

To start the development server just run the dev task:

$ npm run dev

Production 🎬

To build the production files run the prod task:

$ npm run prod

Working Directories

• All the files that you will be working with can be found at: src/;
• The .php files of the template: src/theme/;
• The main style.css with the rest of the css includes: src/style/;
• Your JavaScript files: src/js;
• Fonts are always special: src/fonts;

Third party JavaScript libraries can be included in the Gulpfile.js configuration.

All the respective directories (fonts, js, style and theme) have specific watch tasks that run in Gulp.

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Technologies 🚀

• NodeJS
• Gulp
• browserSync
• PHP
• Babel
• PostCSS
• CSSNext
• WordPress

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Configuration

Gulpfile.js

The name of the template has to be changed in the Gulp configuration file:

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Theme Name
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
var themeName = 'lk-website';

Adding third party JavaScript libraries is as simple as installing them with NPM Node Package Manager and including the source files in the configuration:

var headerJS = [
	'node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js',
	'node_modules/nprogress/nprogress.js',
	'node_modules/aos/dist/aos.js',
	'node_modules/isotope-layout/dist/isotope.pkgd.js'
];
var footerJS = [
	'node_modules/izimodal/js/iziModal.js',
	'src/js/**'
];

Changelog

v.0.0.3

• Simplified build logic.
• Install WordPress only once with npm run install:wordpress
• Cleaner distribution task.

v0.0.2

• Bugfixes
• Watch and store new content in wp-content/uploads.

License

MIT