Wordpress Multi-environment Configuration

This is the basic approach our team uses for managing multiple environments (development, staging, and production) when creating Wordpress websites.

Using this setup allows us to not have to worry about changing configuration settings every time we deploy a Wordpress site to a new environment.

How Does It Work

The wp-config.php file determines the environment automatically based on the following criteria:

Development

Matches any domain name containing:

• .local (i.e blend88.local)
• local. (i.e local.blend88.com)
• dev. (i.e dev.blend88.com)
• localhost (i.e localhost)
• xip.io (i.e example.local.192.168.0.1.xip.io)

Staging

Matches any domain name containing:

• staging. (i.e wordpresssite.blend88-staging.com or staging.blend88.com)

Production

Matches any domain name that doesn't satisfy the Development or Staging criteria.

Getting Started

To use this setup in one of your Wordpress websites:

1. Copy the config/ folder and wp-config.php into your Wordpress root folder.
2. Edit each file in the config/ folder with the MySQL database settings for each environment.
3. (Optionally) Change the environment URL matching in wp-config.php to work with whatever naming convention you may use in your workflow.