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Wordpress Theme Deployment

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Deploy a custom Wordpress theme with zero downtime using Github Actions.

Build the project, scp the theme folder to the host. Link the new version and remove the old one.

Example workflow:

name: Deployment
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
deploy:
name: Deploy
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: actions/setup-node@v1
with:
node-version: 12
- run: npm ci
- run: npm run build
- name: Copy theme to host
uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.1
with:
host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
source: '.'
target: '${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-new'
link:
name: Link
needs: [deploy]
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Symlink the current release
uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v0.1.3
with:
host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
script: |
ln -fsn ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-new ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}
rm -rf ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-old
cp -r ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-new ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-old
ln -fsn ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-old ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}
rm -rf ${{ secrets.THEME_ABS_PATH }}-new