webpack-wordpress-theme

This is a base template to add custom styles and js to an existing wordpress theme.

Installation

First you need to clone this repo inside the theme folder inside a folder that I usually call __dev__. If you have your theme in a repo remember to add __dev__/node_modules to .gitignore file. Then cd __dev__ && yarn to install all the packages.

Now you have to add this line before the head closing tag to load you custom js and css.

<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/bundle.js"></script>
<link type='text/css' media='all' rel='stylesheet'  href='<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/css/main.css' />

At this point you can edit .env file with the HOST and PORT of the webpack-dev-server and the WP_HOST and WP_PORT to tell webpack-dev-server where to proxy to wordpress.

Development mode

npm run dev

To open the dev dashboard

npm run dev:dash

To open the bundle analyzer

npm run dev:analyzer

Build for production

npm run build