My WordPress .gitignore config file

In this article, I’ll share my WordPress .gitignore configuration file. I’ve previously shared my Vue.js .gitignore file.

# ignore all files starting with .
.*

# ignore certain files
wp-config.php
readme.html

# track this file .gitignore (i.e. do NOT ignore it)
!.gitignore

# track .editorconfig file (i.e. do NOT ignore it)
!.jscsrc
!.travis.yml
!.jshintignore

# track readme.md in the root (i.e. do NOT ignore it)
!readme.md

# ignore all files that start with ~
~*

# ignore OS generated files
Thumbs.db
.DS_Store

# ignore log files and databases
*.log
*.sql
*.sqlite

# ignore compiled files
*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so

# ignore packaged files
*.7z
*.dmg
*.gz
*.iso
*.jar
*.rar
*.tar
*.zip

# ignore everything in the "wp-content" directory, except:
# "mu-plugins" directory
# "plugins" directory
# "themes" directory
wp-content/*
!wp-content/mu-plugins/
!wp-content/plugins/
!wp-content/themes/
!wp-content/index.php

# ignore specific themes
wp-content/themes/twenty*/

# ignore node/grunt dependency directories
node_modules/

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