Share wordpress files and data with another user, using version control?

  • I’m currently developing a website with pages in my WordPress local instance. In my WordPress instance I have some plugins and themes active. Few pages in the website uses a form plugin.
    I have WAMP running on my Windows 7.

    I would like to share the files and data related to the WordPress website under development with another user using MAMP.

    The user would also like to edit the website under development too and also forms made with the plugin.

    It seems multiple author/users can be added on a website with WP, but how can I do this for users without the website being hosted anywhere yet.

    I could use version control system like Mercurial to share the files?

    Can I export the WordPress database and share it as a file so that the user can have their changes recorded? How can do this regardless of the server stack running, ie. one user using WAMP and other using MAMP.

    Please let me know of a appropriate solution. Thanks in advance!

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Sorry it’s not clear what you’re asking in relevance to WordPress. You can distribute WordPress just as any other directory of files.

    It sounds like you’re looking for something like Git. WordPress should operate fine regardless of the OS so don’t worry about MAMP vs WAMP. This tutorial should be able to get you started in using Git for version control:

    https://try.github.io/levels/1/challenges/1

    Thread Starter prtk

    (@prtk)

    Ok. I think I can use Git or Mercurial.

    How do I add the WordPress database to a version control repository? Is the database included when I add the entire WP directory to the version control repository?

    Is dir that I add to the repo simply this one: wamp\www\wordpress? Any other directories I should add to the repo for WP content sharing?

    I just need a way to collaborate on a WordPress website and its contents such as forms created by WP plugins with another user. The website is not yet hosted online.

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