Create your plugin distribution file with wp-cli

With this talk I gave at the WordCamp Madrid 2023, you will learn how to create a distribution file to upload to our websites.

Using this option is best because we maintain versions for the plugins that we are making with WPCLI.

Chat at WC Madrid

Raise your hand who has broken a website by uploading development in Production?

Who has broken a website by uploading development in Production?

Who would like to improve the process?

Who would like to improve the process?

Who would like to improve the process?

So with this talk, we’re going to look at how to work with Version Control, make our file for distribution, and upload it to production.

Since August 11, 2020, with a WordPress ticket that has taken 11 years! Can you imagine a ticket with such a duration? Well, this is an example.

We have to beat the “bad guy” and save fatal errors in production. With this method we have quite a few benefits:

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• We version our development
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• We do not depend on third-party libraries.
• We do not depend on third-party libraries.
• Allows to compare with the current uploaded version.
Cleans caches after replacing the plugin. The ZIPs we mount are clean and out of folders that are messy and not needed.
• It is a fast and reliable method.
• It is a fast and reliable method.

  

  How do we do it? You can see the detail in the section below.

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  And we upload to Production.

  

  How to configure our WPCLI command

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  In a descriptive way, let’s see how to install our command and then use it.

  Installation:

  Installation.

  wp package install wp-cli/dist-archive-command

  To create a plugin distribution zip, there is a WP-CLI command: wp dist-archive. It takes the files from the folder and names it with plugin.version.zip

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   wp dist-archive plugin-name

  To make it ignore files in the distribution, we have to create in the root the file: .distignore which takes into account and does not introduce such files in the zip.

  .distignore
  .editorconfig
  .git
  .gitignore
  .travis.yml
  circle.yml
  .DS_Store
  composer.json
  composer.lock

  The slides of the talk, you can download them below.

  

  

  

  

  

  Reactions

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  Viendo cómo añadir seguridad a los plungin con @davidperezmk #WCMAD pic.twitter.com/VBuS0IAgpA

  — Luis Ruiz (@lruizcode) November 5, 2023

  💥Crea tu archivo de distribución de tu plugin con WP-CLI💥
  
  ¿Cómo preparas tu plugin para publicar en una web? 
  
  David Pérez @davidperezmk 
  ⏰Sala 2 12:15#WordPress #Desarrolloweb #WEB pic.twitter.com/uCP5DmiKcI

  — WordCamp Madrid (@WordCampMad) November 4, 2023

  Cómo generar paquetes para su distribución con WP CLI #WCMAD @davidperezmk pic.twitter.com/3nXzSZVkJh

  — César Saiz (@Emper) November 4, 2023

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  No os podéis perder la ponencia de este hombre que huele muy pero que muy bien 😊 https://t.co/n9Pd48xovY

  — Pedro Crespo – Let's meet at #WCEU (@Pedromcj95) November 4, 2023

  Después de toda una mañana saludando amigos, desvirtualizando y abrazando tanta buena gente, por fin veo una charla. Y la mejor es la de @davidperezmk, haciendo hechizos para subir a producción #WCMAD pic.twitter.com/lbFefXcfIA

  — Jesús Yesares García (@jesusyesares) November 4, 2023

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  Ya, sólo con eso y lo de "wp dist-archive", bien que aproveché la #WCMAD 😉

  — Paco Toledo 🚜 (@pacotole) November 16, 2023