Add a domain
Custom domains must be added to an environment’s VIP Dashboard in order to be used for launching a site or sending emails from an environment with that domain.
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Install a custom TLS certificate
Customers have the option and ability to provision custom TLS certificates from a certificate authority of their choosing.
Write custom WP-CLI commands
WP-CLI commands can be created and run using VIP-CLI on the VIP platform. The best practices outlined here are an extension of the developer documentation in the WP-CLI Handbook and the Commands Cookbook.
Purge a URL from the page cache
By default, the VIP Platform caches responses from WordPress and Node.js applications by resource URL. Subsequent requests for the same resource URL may receive a previously cached response.
/languages directory
The /languages directory is mapped to /wp-content/languages. /languages is found in the root of an application’s wpcomvip GitHub repository and is intended for *.po and *.mo language translation files.
Strip image metadata on upload
By default, image metadata is not stripped from uploaded images. The GET ?strip=all|info|color query parameter string can be added to images served by VIP’s File System in order to remove JPEG image Exif, IPTC, comment, and color data from the output image in the browser.
Analyze HTTP request logs with GoAccess
Analyzing HTTP request logs can provide crucial insight into how an application is performing and how an audience is interacting with content. GoAccess is an open source tool that can be used to visualize request log data to can gain deeper insights into an application.
Create good changesets
Changesets are the heart of any version control system, and making good changesets is vitally important to the maintainability of a codebase.
Elements of a good commit message
Commit messages are one of the most common ways developers communicate with each other, so it is important to clearly communicates any changes.
Add “Powered by WordPress VIP” to a site
The “Powered by WordPress VIP” link is typically added to the footer of a site by using the vip_powered_wpcom() helper function supplied by VIP MU plugins.