Set Up Valet on macOS for Local WordPress Development

valet-wordpress-development

This is a guide on how to set up Laravel Valet on macOS for a WordPress local development environment. Using Valet as a WordPress local development solution has the main benefits of speed, being lightweight and using fewer configurations to…

Getting Browsersync running with Gulp 4 and Valet on macOS

Browsersync Gulp Valet

Get Browsersync going with Gulp 4+ and Valet as a local development environment. With Gulp 4+ there has been some code upgrades that require any older gulp.js files to be updated, this guide looks at making Browsersync work with Gulp…

Set Up SMTP/Email for Local Valet WordPress Development

Mailhog Smtp Local Setup

If you have a Laravel  WordPress Valet workflow, you can use MailHog as an email SMTP catchall solution when testing email issues. You set up an SMTP host on the WordPress install and all email sent gets captured in MailHog, a…

Script a WordPress Valet Install on macOS – bash/wp-cli/wp-cli-valet

valet-cli-wp

By creating a bash script with wp-cli and wp-cli-valet commands on macOS you can create a streamlined and tailored WordPress install using Valet on your local development, this reduces repetitious tasks after a site installation – similar to a blueprint in…