Using wordpress with GitHub

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Is it okay to put my wordpress config file (containing database name, username, password, etc.) on my GitHub repo if I'm using wordpress with my website? Or is it not secure? Why or why not?

If it's not secure, what steps can I take to not put on GitHub since it's public but at the same time be able to use GitHub as version control for my website and push files to the server?

erwstout · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-31 19:42:05Z

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No, I would not upload your config file to your repository. Unless it's private, but even then...use caution. As a best practice I only add the theme folder that I am working on into the repository, there really is no need to add Wordpress in its entirety to the repo.

To ignore that file when pushing to your repo add it to your .gitignore (https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files/) and it wont be added.

answered Mar 31, 2015 at 19:42

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Dave Ross · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-03 00:06:15Z

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In addition to using .gitignore to keep your wp-config.php file out of your repo, you can also move it one directory above where you have WordPress installed and WordPress will look for it there.

answered Apr 3, 2015 at 0:06

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