# Posts tagged WordPress

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## [From WordPress to Rails](https://by-robots.dev/posts/from-wordpress-to-rails.md)

Published on 5 November 2022. Tagged Ruby on Rails and WordPress.

An account of rebuilding this blog in Ruby on Rails after three years away from writing. Covers the decision to move from WordPress and PHP, going static to remove the database entirely, consolidating several hosting services into one with automated deployments, adopting ViewComponent and Lookbook to build a design system, and adding comprehensive automated testing with RSpec and GitHub Actions.

## [Webpack and WordPress 💙](https://by-robots.dev/posts/webpack-and-wordpress.md)

Published on 27 January 2019. Tagged JavaScript, PHP, Webpack, and WordPress.

A walkthrough of a Webpack boilerplate theme for WordPress, covering Hot Module Replacement for live browser updates without a full reload, Sass compilation and autoprefixing, ES6 transpilation via Babel, cache-busting manifest files, automatic favicon generation, and CSS and JavaScript minification — with separate development and production configurations throughout.