Environment-Specific Configurations - Loads environment-specific settings from a .env file and separate config files, so credentials and options differ between environments.
Project Structures - Organizes WordPress sites with a cleaner folder layout separating web-root from application logic.
Composer Module Packaging - Manages WordPress core, plugins, and themes as Composer packages for reliable versioning and automated updates.
Environment-Specific Loading - Loads settings from .env files and environment-specific config directories to separate credentials and options per environment.
Environment Variable Management - Loads configuration from a .env file using PHP dotenv, making credentials and settings available via getenv, $SERVER, or $ENV.
Environment Variable Security - Reads sensitive values like database credentials from a .env file, keeping them out of version control.
Production Security Hardening - Keeps sensitive files outside the web root and prevents modification of WordPress core and plugins in non-development environments.
Application Environment Flags - Defines the current environment as production, staging, or development via WP_ENV to modify behavior across the stack.
Modern Project Directory Structures - Organizes code into a cleaner directory tree that separates web-root files from application logic, improving maintainability and security.
Web Root Separated Structures - Places application logic outside the public web root directory to improve security and maintainability.
WordPress File Structure Hardening - Keeps sensitive files outside the web root and prevents core/plugin modification in production environments.
