Local Development

Local Development

Local development of the WP Business Reviews Server plugin requires two local WordPress sites to mimic the client-server relationship. Complete the setup steps for both websites below.

Set Up WordPress Site #1: Local Client Site

This site represents the end user who has downloaded the WP Business Reviews plugin.

1. Create a new local WordPress site at wp-business-reviews.localhost. This domain must be used in order for the local dev flags to work correctly.
2. Install and activate the WP Business Reviews client plugin.
3. Add define( 'WPBRS_ENV', 'development' ); to wp-config.php. Setting this constant links the "Connect to Facebook" button to wp-business-reviews-server.localhost for testing. If this constant is not set to development, then the plugin will attempt to authenticate through wpbusinessreviews.com.

Set Up WordPress Site #2: Local Server Site

1. Create a new local WordPress site at wp-business-reviews-server.localhost. This domain must be used in order for the local dev flags to work correctly.
2. Install and activate the WP Business Reviews server plugin.
3. Visit https://developers.facebook.com/apps/ and select an app to access the app ID and app secret.
4. Define the following constants in wp-config.php:

define( 'WPBRS_FACEBOOK_APP_ID', '{INSERT_APP_ID_HERE}' );
define( 'WPBRS_FACEBOOK_APP_SECRET', '{INSERT_APP_SECRET_HERE}' );

5. Ensure that the wp-business-reviews-server.localhost URL is listed among valid OAuth redirect URLs in the Facebook app settings shown below. It should already be there, but double-check to be sure.

Begin Development

The local environment should now be ready for development.