Installing and using plugins like ACF Pro, WMPL etc. correctly

sage
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To move to Bedrock, this is the procedure I follow. (We often do this when taking on clients with an existing website.)

  • Create a new Bedrock install
    composer create-project roots/bedrock my-bedrock-project
  • Set up your database and configure variables in .env

For these first two steps, I actually just run wp valet new my-bedrock-project - but it requires Valet and the wonderful wp-valet plugin.

  • Copy over your existing theme and uploads
    mv existing_site/wp-content/themes/* my-bedrock-project/web/app/themes/
    mv existing_site/wp-content/uploads/* my-bedrock-project/web/app/uploads/
  • Import your database and replace old wp-content URLs
    wp import db old-site-dump.sql
    wp search-replace 'wp-content' 'app'
  • Require all your existing plugins
    composer require wpackagist-plugin/my-plugin-1 wpackagist-plugin/my-plugin-2
  • Set up your version control system
    git init
    git add . && git commit -am 'Initial commit'

You should now be good to go.

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