Newspack starter template for custom plugins

This template is a pre-configured starting point for custom plugin development on the Newspack platform. It will give you all of the tools you needs to get up and running quickly.

What does it provide?

1. A pre-configured build process provided by the @wordpress/scripts package. This is the standard build process for WordPress. For more information on configuration and options, please see the official documentation.
2. A PHP CodeSniffer configuration that will check your code against the coding standards that are recommended by the Newspack team.
3. A Prettier configuration for WordPress.
4. A Husky configuration to lint local files changes before they are committed.
5. A GitHub action to check that your commits and merges adhere to the correct coding standards
6. A GitHub action to automatically deploy your changes to the production environment when merged to trunk.
7. A GitHub action to automatically deploy your changes to the staging environment when pushing to the staging branch.

How do I use it?

1. Start by clicking the Use this template button to create a new repository in your own GitHub account from this template.
2. In the Secrets and Variables->Actions sections under the Settings menu of the new repository. Create new the secrets outlined in the table below.
3. In the Settings->Branches section of the new repository, set the branch protection rules to require a pull request to trunk, an approved review, and status checks to pass before merging.
4. In Settings->Collaborators and teams section of the new repository, add the Newspack team as a collaborators with write access. You may need to add them individually and you can get their usernames from the Newspack team.
5. Checkout the repo locally and run npm run setup to install everything.
6. In it doesn't already exist, create and staging branch and push it to the remote repository.
7. Start developing!

Secrets

Secret	Description
PROD_SFTP_USER	The username for the Production SFTP server
PROD_SFTP_PASSWORD	The password for the Production SFTP server
STAGING_SFTP_USER	The username for the Staging SFTP server
STAGING_SFTP_PASSWORD	The password for the Staging SFTP server