How to handle wordpress core and plugin updates when using git? I need to update my core and plugins. I have site on my localhost and live site on server. If I update localy and then commit+push changes it breaks site because the live database is not updated. If I update live site I have no changes on localhost, and no way to test if update breaks site.
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In my readings (and as mentioned in OP comments) the best practice seemed to be focusing on the /wp-content/ folder, or specific custom contents therein. Syncing all the core files and third party plugins just causes headaches and unnecessary version monitoring.
I had troubles with this myself, but it's best to remove the mentality that repo act as a mirrored / complete backup, because (from reading & my own experience, as well as your post shows), it doesn't work well that way.
If it's just a handful of themes/plugins https://wppusher.com is an incredible tool to handle the deployment from git to production.
This old post stevegrunwell.github.io/wordpress-git/ is a good resource for defining the line between what to include and exclude for the local/git/live workflow. Most notably, slide 13 shares and awesome .htaccess rewrite to use remote media files so you're not always keeping local in sync.
answered May 14, 2018 at 16:11
git add wp-content/plugins/particular_plugin/*, and push it plugin by plugin.