Month: August 2020

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How to install PHP 7.4 in Ubuntu 18.04

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt -y install software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt -y install php7.4

# install the packages you want
sudo apt-get install -y php7.4-{intl,mbstring,gd,zip,pgsql,xsl,curl,fpm}

sudo apt-get install -y php-{amqp,redis}

# Disable apache
sudo systemctl disable --now apache2
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How to setup a wordpress site with Woocommerce using docker compose and xdebug in minutes

Follow this steps except for the commands section:

How to setup a wordpress multisite with docker compose and xdebug in minutes

Instead run this commands:

# create a templates directory
mkdir templates

# create a wp directory
mkdir wp

# move .htaccess file to template dir
mv .htaccess templates

# start docker containers
docker-compose up -d

docker-compose run --rm cli core install \
  --url=http://localhost \
  --title="test site" \
  --admin_user="admin" \
  --admin_password="admin" \
  --admin_email="example@example.com" \
  --skip-email

# to be able to update core we need write permissions
sudo mkdir -p wp/wp-content/uploads && sudo chmod -R 777 wp/wp-content/uploads
sudo mkdir -p wp/wp-content/upgrade && sudo chmod -R 777 wp/wp-content/upgrade

# install last version
docker-compose run --rm cli core update

# Only if you want to install specific version
docker-compose run --rm cli core update --version=5.4.2

Add woocommerce

# install woocommerce
docker-compose run --rm cli plugin install woocommerce --activate

# update woocommerce
docker-compose run --rm cli plugin update woocommerce

Install Storefront Theme

# install theme
docker-compose run --rm cli theme install storefront --activate

# update theme
docker-compose run --rm cli theme update storefront

Setup Woocommerce

Since last versions you can setup your store by using the GUI.

If you want to do it manually

# setup Woo
docker-compose run --rm cli post create --post_title='Home' \
    --post_type=page \
    --post_status=publish \
    | awk '{ print $NF }' | grep -Eo '[0-9]+' | read page_id

docker-compose run --rm cli option update page_on_front $(echo "$page_id")
docker-compose run --rm cli option update show_on_front page # or posts

docker-compose run --rm cli post create --post_title='Webshop' \
    --post_type=page \
    --post_status=publish \
    | awk '{ print $NF }' | grep -Eo '[0-9]+' | read webshop_id

docker-compose run --rm cli option update woocommerce_shop_page_id $(echo "$webshop_id")

Add some dummy data:

sudo chmod -R 777 wp/wp-content/plugins/woocommerce/sample-data

Then follow this:

https://docs.woocommerce.com/document/importing-woocommerce-sample-data/