Edge cache servers
The WordPress VIP Platform’s content delivery network (CDN) is a global network of edge cache servers, each used to store and serve content closest to an end user.
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Log in to the VIP Dashboard
Logins to the VIP Dashboard can be authenticated with a GitHub user account, a WordPress.com user account, or with an existing Single Sign-On (SSO) configuration. Once logged in, a user’s ability to access and interact with areas of the VIP Dashboard is defined by the Org role or App role that is assigned to the user.
Database Backups
Database Backups run automatically for all WordPress environments and can be viewed and downloaded in the application view of the VIP Dashboard and with VIP-CLI. Database backups are useful for internal security policies, to automate regular data ingestion for analysis systems, and can be imported to local development environments.
/docs directory
Understand the purpose of the /docs directory in your WordPress VIP application's codebase.
Reduce the size of a pull request
Pull requests with changes that affect more than 1000 lines of code can be overwhelming for a reviewer and slow down the review process. Reduce the complexity of code review by breaking a larger pull request into multiple, smaller pull requests.
Application
A WordPress or Node.js VIP application is comprised of:
.phpcs.xml.dist
A .phpcs.xml.dist file exists by default in all wpcomvip GitHub repositories that were created for WordPress applications since January 2022. The file contains a suggested configuration for PHP_CodeSniffer (PHPCS). When running PHPCS locally, this root configuration applies to all code within the application repository.
Partial restriction of site access
Partial restriction of site access can be achieved at the application level. When creating application-level restrictions, keep in mind that application code will only run if an incoming request reaches the origin server. Requests that have a cached response at the edge will be served from the page cache and application code will not run.
Deployments log in the VIP Dashboard
The Deployments panel provides a log of deployments made to a WordPress or Node.js environment and the ability to roll back an environment to a previous deployment. Deployments are logged for both the Default Deployment method and the Custom Deployment method. The Deployments panel is located in the application view of the VIP Dashboard.
WP-CLI Commands log
The WP-CLI Commands panel in the VIP Dashboard displays a log of all WP-CLI commands that were run on an environment. WP-CLI commands are run using the VIP-CLI vip wp command.