cdk-comp / bedrock
WordPress boilerplate with modern development tools, easier configuration, and an improved folder structure
1.12.3.1
2019-03-19 11:39 UTC
Requires
- php: >=7.1
- composer/installers: ^1.4
- oscarotero/env: ^1.1.0
- roots/multisite-url-fixer: ^1.1
- roots/wordpress: 5.1.1
- roots/wp-config: 1.0.0
- roots/wp-password-bcrypt: 1.0.0
- vlucas/phpdotenv: ^3.0.0
Requires (Dev)
- roave/security-advisories: dev-master
- squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.0.2
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Last update: 2026-05-31 19:44:23 UTC
README
Bedrock is a modern WordPress stack that helps you get started with the best development tools and project structure.
Much of the philosophy behind Bedrock is inspired by the Twelve-Factor App methodology including the WordPress specific version.
Features
- Better folder structure
- Dependency management with Composer
- Easy WordPress configuration with environment specific files
- Environment variables with Dotenv
- Autoloader for mu-plugins (use regular plugins as mu-plugins)
- Enhanced security (separated web root and secure passwords with wp-password-bcrypt)
Requirements
- PHP >= 7.1
- Composer - Install
Installation
- Create a new project:
$ composer create-project cdk-comp/bedrock
- Update environment variables in the
.envfile:
- Database variables
DB_NAME- Database nameDB_USER- Database userDB_PASSWORD- Database passwordDB_HOST- Database host- Optionally, you can define
DATABASE_URLfor using a DSN instead of using the variables above (e.g.mysql://user:password@127.0.0.1:3306/db_name)
WP_ENV- Set to environment (development,staging,production)WP_HOME- Full URL to WordPress home (https://example.com)WP_SITEURL- Full URL to WordPress including subdirectory (https://example.com/wp)AUTH_KEY,SECURE_AUTH_KEY,LOGGED_IN_KEY,NONCE_KEY,AUTH_SALT,SECURE_AUTH_SALT,LOGGED_IN_SALT,NONCE_SALT- Generate with wp-cli-dotenv-command
- Generate with our WordPress salts generator
- Add theme(s) in
web/app/themes/as you would for a normal WordPress site - Set the document root on your webserver to Bedrock's
webfolder:/path/to/site/web/ - Access WordPress admin at
https://example.com/wp/wp-admin/
Documentation
Bedrock documentation is available at https://roots.io/bedrock/docs/.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have contributing guidelines to help you get started.
Bedrock sponsors
Help support our open-source development efforts by becoming a patron.
Community
Keep track of development and community news.
- Participate on the Roots Discourse
- Follow @rootswp on Twitter
- Read and subscribe to the Roots Blog
- Subscribe to the Roots Newsletter
- Listen to the Roots Radio podcast