Plate

How to use Plate?

• Clone the repository into your wp-content/themes folder
• Rename the theme folder
• Change Theme Name in style.css
• Activate the theme in the WordPress back end under Appearance > Themes
• Delete other theme folders in the wp-content/themes folder
• Replace favicon.ico and favicon.png
• Replace screenshot.png
• Replace images in the library/images folder
• Paste your CSS and JS files into the library/assets folder
• If you use Bower or NPM, paste the folders and manifest files into the theme root directory
• Remove jQuery from your pasted JS files since we're using the jQuery provided by WordPress
• Update the Bower or NPM paths in your CSS and JS files
• Drop your theme folder into CodeKit
• Reconfigure your CSS and JS files in CodeKit (Check the option Run Autoprefixer on the CSS file)
• Change the CSS and JS paths in the plate_scripts_and_styles function in functions.php
• Restructure your CSS file in the library/assets/css folder
• Add editor.scss to your library/assets/css folder
• Add gutenberg-editor.scss to your library/assets/css folder
• Uncomment editor style in the plate_lunch function in functions.php
• Uncomment gutenberg editor style in the plate_block_editor_styles function in functions.php
• Add your Google Fonts to the plate_fonts function in functions.php
• Change the menus in the register_nav_menus function in functions.php
• Change the header.php
• Change the footer.php
• Change the templates/loop.php
• Change the 404.php
• Install the plugin Advanced Custom Fields PRO and activate it
• Change the title in the plate_block_categories function in functions.php
• Add your Gutenberg/ACF blocks in the plate_acf_block_types function in functions.php
• Add your ACF field groups in the WordPress back end under Custom Fields
• Optionally uncomment and use the acf_add_options_page function in functions.php

Suggested WordPress configuration

• Add .htaccess to the root folder

# BEGIN WordPress
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# END WordPress

• Delete the Hello Dolly plugin under Plugins > Installed Plugins
• Change Tagline under Settings > General
• Change Your homepage displays to A static page under Settings > Reading
• Change Common Settings to Post name under Settings > Permalinks

Set up WP Pusher

• Add define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); to your wp-config.php
• Create a new remote repository on GitHub or BitBucket
• Connect your local repository to the remote repository with git remote set-url origin <URL>
• Commit and push your changes to the remote repository
• Install the plugin WP Pusher and activate it
• Install the theme under WP Pusher > Install Theme and check the option Link installed theme
• Optionally set up Push-to-Deploy

Recommended plugins

• Autoptimize
• Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions
• Regenerate Thumbnails
• Search & Replace
• WP Pusher
• WP Super Cache or LiteSpeed Cache
• Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan
• Yoast SEO
• ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO