Laravel WordPress Connector

A comprehensive Laravel package that seamlessly integrates WordPress database functionality into Laravel applications with full Filament admin panel support.

Features

• 🔗 WordPress Database Integration: Connect to WordPress database with Eloquent models
• 🎨 Filament Admin Panel: Complete admin interface for managing WordPress content
• 📊 Dashboard Widgets: Real-time statistics and recent content widgets
• 🔍 Advanced Queries: Easy-to-use facade for complex WordPress queries
• 🏷️ Relationships: Full relationship mapping between WordPress entities
• ⚙️ Configurable: Publishable config with database connection options

Installation

1. Install the package via Composer:

composer require mrdulal/laravel-wp-connector

2. Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=wp-connector-config

3. Configure your WordPress database connection in config/wordpress.php:

return [
    'enabled' => true,
    'host' => env('WP_DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
    'port' => env('WP_DB_PORT', '3306'),
    'database' => env('WP_DB_DATABASE', 'wordpress'),
    'username' => env('WP_DB_USERNAME', 'root'),
    'password' => env('WP_DB_PASSWORD', ''),
    'prefix' => env('WP_DB_PREFIX', 'wp_'),
];

4. Add your WordPress database credentials to your .env file:

WP_CONNECTOR_ENABLED=true
WP_DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
WP_DB_PORT=3306
WP_DB_DATABASE=wordpress
WP_DB_USERNAME=root
WP_DB_PASSWORD=your_password
WP_DB_PREFIX=wp_

Usage

Basic Queries

use MrDulal\WpConnector\Facades\Wp;

// Get recent published posts with authors
$posts = Wp::posts()->published()->with('author')->latest()->take(5)->get();

// Get posts by category
$categoryPosts = Wp::postsByCategory('Technology');

// Get posts by tag
$tagPosts = Wp::postsByTag('Laravel');

// Get user count
$userCount = Wp::userCount();

// Get comment count
$commentCount = Wp::commentCount();

Working with Models

use MrDulal\WpConnector\Models\WpPost;
use MrDulal\WpConnector\Models\WpUser;
use MrDulal\WpConnector\Models\WpComment;

// Get a post with its author and comments
$post = WpPost::with(['author', 'comments'])->find(1);

// Get user's posts
$user = WpUser::find(1);
$userPosts = $user->posts()->published()->get();

// Get post comments
$post = WpPost::find(1);
$comments = $post->comments()->approved()->get();

// Get post terms (categories/tags)
$post = WpPost::find(1);
$categories = $post->terms()->categories()->get();
$tags = $post->terms()->tags()->get();

Meta Data

// Get post meta
$post = WpPost::find(1);
$featuredImage = $post->getMeta('_thumbnail_id');
$customField = $post->getMeta('custom_field', 'default_value');

// Set post meta
$post->setMeta('custom_field', 'custom_value');

// Get user meta
$user = WpUser::find(1);
$firstName = $user->getMeta('first_name');
$lastName = $user->getMeta('last_name');

WordPress Options

use MrDulal\WpConnector\Facades\Wp;

// Get WordPress options
$siteName = Wp::option('blogname');
$siteDescription = Wp::option('blogdescription');

// Set WordPress options
Wp::setOption('custom_option', 'custom_value');

Filament Admin Panel

The package includes complete Filament resources for managing WordPress content:

• Users: Manage WordPress users with full CRUD operations
• Posts: Create, edit, and manage WordPress posts and pages
• Comments: Moderate and manage comments
• Terms: Manage categories, tags, and custom taxonomies

Dashboard Widgets

• Recent Posts Widget: Shows latest published posts
• User Count Widget: Displays user statistics
• Comment Count Widget: Shows comment statistics

Configuration

Database Connection

The package automatically sets up a WordPress database connection. You can customize the connection settings in the config file.

Filament Configuration

'filament' => [
    'navigation_group' => 'WordPress',
    'navigation_sort' => 1,
    'enable_widgets' => true,
],

Models

WpUser

• Primary key: ID
• Relationships: posts(), comments(), meta()
• Scopes: published()

WpPost

• Primary key: ID
• Relationships: author(), comments(), terms(), meta()
• Scopes: published(), type(), byAuthor()

WpComment

• Primary key: comment_ID
• Relationships: post(), user(), parent(), children(), meta()
• Scopes: approved(), byPost()

WpTerm

• Primary key: term_id
• Relationships: posts(), taxonomy(), meta()
• Scopes: categories(), tags()

Advanced Usage

Custom Queries

// Get posts with specific meta
$posts = Wp::posts()
    ->whereHas('meta', function ($query) {
        $query->where('meta_key', 'featured')
              ->where('meta_value', '1');
    })
    ->published()
    ->get();

// Get users with specific capabilities
$admins = Wp::users()
    ->whereHas('meta', function ($query) {
        $query->where('meta_key', 'wp_capabilities')
              ->where('meta_value', 'like', '%administrator%');
    })
    ->get();

Relationship Loading

// Eager load relationships
$posts = Wp::posts()
    ->with(['author', 'comments', 'terms'])
    ->published()
    ->get();

// Load specific relationships
$post = WpPost::with(['author.meta', 'comments.user'])->find(1);

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10.0+
• Filament 3.0+
• WordPress database

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG.md for more information on what has changed recently.

Credits

• Sanjaya Dulal
• All Contributors