This GitHub Action can be used to deploy code from Github repo to a WP Engine environment of your choosing. Deploy a full site directory, or optionally a theme, plugin or other directory with the TPO options. Optionally lint your php pre-deployment. Post deploy, this action will automatically purge your WP Engine cache to ensure all changes are visible.

V2.3 NOW AVAILABLE!

Changelog: v2.3 CACHE_CLEAR has been added as an option to the toolkit. Default is TRUE but users can disable by setting to FALSE. This may decrease the execution time of deploys. All planned options are now built into the toolkit. All feedback welcome via issues or pull requests!

v2.2 includes optional FLAGS variable for users to customize their own rsync deploy protocol. This is completely optional and the toolkit will work without any FLAGS variable by relying on the flags historically built into the tool.

NOTE: v2.2 WILL REQUIRE an update to the main.yml configuration to enable optional flags if you are using a previous version. Replacing env: for with: to follow Github Action best practice and to utilize new options of the tool moving forward.

1. Create a .github/workflows/main.yml file in your root of your WordPress project/repo, if one doesn't exist already.

2. Add the following to the main.yml file, replacing values for PRD_BRANCH, PRD_ENV and WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE if they are anything other than what is below. Optional vars can be specified as well. Consult "Further Reading" on how to setup keys in repo Secrets.

3. Git push your site repo. The action will do the rest

name: Deploy to WP Engine
on:
  push:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  
    steps: 
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: GitHub Action Deploy to WP Engine
      uses: wpengine/[email protected]
      with:
      
      # Keys, lint & url options 
        WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE: ${{ secrets.WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE }} 
      
      # Branches & Environments 
        PRD_BRANCH: main
        PRD_ENV: prodsitehere

name: Deploy to WP Engine
on:
  push:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  
    steps: 
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: GitHub Action Deploy to WP Engine
      uses: wpengine/[email protected]
      with:
      
      # Keys, lint & url options 
        WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE: ${{ secrets.WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE }} 
        PHP_LINT: TRUE
        FLAGS: -azvr --inplace --delete --exclude=".*"
        CACHE_CLEAR: TRUE
        TPO_SRC_PATH: "wp-content/themes/genesis-child-theme/"
        TPO_PATH: "wp-content/themes/genesis-child-theme/"
      
      # Branches & Environments 
        PRD_BRANCH: main
        PRD_ENV: prodsitehere
        
        STG_BRANCH: feature/stage
        STG_ENV: stagesitehere
        
        DEV_BRANCH: feature/dev
        DEV_ENV: devsitehere

1. Generate a new SSH key pair as a special deploy key between your Github Repo and WP Engine. The simplest method is to generate a key pair with a blank passphrase, which creates an unencrypted private key.

2. Store your private key in the GitHub repository of your website as new 'Secrets' (under your repository settings) using the names WPE_SSHG_KEY_PRIVATE with the name in your specfic files. These can be customized, just remember to change the var in the yml file to call them correctly.

3. Add the Public SSH key to your WP Engine SSH Gateway configuration. https://wpengine.com/support/ssh-gateway/#addsshkey

• Defining environment variables in GitHub Actions
• Storing secrets in GitHub repositories
• As this script does not restrict files or directories that can be deployed, it is recommended to leverage one of WP Engine's .gitignore tamplates.