Sync Wordpress Posts to Static GitHub Repo

This GitHub Action syncs posts from a Wordpress site to a static site's GitHub repo using a user-provided template.

Inputs

github_token

Required The GitHub token required to access the repository. This will almost always be set to ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}.

post_template

Required Path within the repository to the ERB template that will used to generate the posts in the GitHub repository.

posts_path

Required Relative path to the directory into which the posts should be added, for example _posts for Jeklly, or content/posts for Hugo.

wordpress_endpoint

Required URL to the Wordpress V2 endpoint for the Wordpress blog you would like to synchronise with.

wordpress_token

Required OAuth token used to delete posts from the Wordpress blog. Use an encrypted secret for this.

dont_delete

Boolean. Delete Wordpress posts after synchronisation.

dry_run

Boolean. Perform the action but do not make any changes. This will show messages in the logs detailing the posts that would be synchronised and deleted.

exclude_tagged

Comma-separated list of tags that should not be synchronised. Do not set if setting include_tagged.

include_tagged

Comma-separated list of tags that should be synchronised. Only posts with these tags will be synchronised. Do not set if setting exclude_tagged.

Example Usage

name: Sync WP to Static

on:
  schedule:
    - cron:  '13 * * * *'

jobs:
sync_wp_to_static:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  name: Sync WP to sync_wp_to_static
  steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Sync Posts
      uses: lildude/sync-wp-to-static@v1
      env:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        post_template: template.erb
        posts_path: _posts
        wordpress_endpoint: https://public-api.wordpress.com/wp/v2/sites/example.wordpress.com
        wordpress_token: ${{ secrets.wordpress_token }}
        include_tagged: 'foo, bar'
        dont_delete: true