WordPress Deployment and Continuous Integration

Deployment moves an approved WordPress release into an environment.

Continuous integration automatically checks changes before release. Continuous deployment can also publish approved artifacts automatically.

Pipeline Stages

A WordPress pipeline can include:

Build once and deploy the same artifact through environments.

Do not compile different source independently on each production server unless the architecture requires it.

Store production credentials in the deployment platform or a secret manager.

Limit workflow permissions and protect environments with approval and branch rules.

CI systems are part of the software supply chain and can publish packages or access production.

Code and database changes must remain compatible during deployment.

Use versioned, idempotent migrations and consider whether rollback requires a reverse migration or restore.

Use release directories, atomic symlink changes, health checks and backward-compatible schema changes where the platform supports them.

Keep writable content outside replaceable release directories.

Combine:

No single test category covers the entire WordPress stack.

A controlled platform normally promotes tested dependency changes through the release process.

No. Any suitable CI system can implement the required checks.