Fixtures

We need content to test layouts and features right? Let's generate some random data based on customised recipes.

These recipes can be created on a file named fixtures.yml. An example of recipies is below.

Generating data

To start loading your database fire up your terminal.

wp fixtures load

Remove inserted data

When you are done and want to clean up your database just run:

wp fixtures delete

Recipe example

Here is some content as example for fixtures.yml.

# List of options for some acf custom fields
parameters:
  event_type:
    - concert
    - conference
    - workshops
  event_states:
    - New
    - Canceled
    - Postponed
  sites:
    - Main
    - Musica
    - Museu

Hellonico\Fixtures\Entity\Term:
  language_pt:
    name: 'Portuguese'
    slug: pt
    taxonomy: 'language'
  language_en:
    name: 'English'
    slug: en
    taxonomy: 'language'
  sponsor{1..10}:
    name (unique): 'Sponsor <words(2, true)>'
    description: '<sentence()>'
    taxonomy: 'sponsorship'
    meta:
      url: '<url()>'

# Lets get some kitties on this
Hellonico\Fixtures\Entity\Attachment:
  attachment{1..5}:
    post_title: '<sentence()>'
    post_date: '<dateTimeThisDecade()>'
    file: <image(<uploadDir()>, 600, 600, 'cats')> # '<uploadDir()>' is required

# We need some locations and events
Hellonico\Fixtures\Entity\Post:
  location{1..5}:
    post_type: 'location'
    post_title: 'Location <sentence()>'
    post_content: '<paragraphs(5, true)>'
    post_date: '<dateTimeThisDecade()>'
    meta:
        meeting_point: '<numberBetween(0, 1)>'
        url: '<url()>'
        address: '<address()>'
  event{1..10}:
    post_type: 'event'
    post_title: 'Event <sentence()>'
    post_content: '<paragraphs(5, true)>'
    post_excerpt: '<paragraphs(1, true)>'
    post_date: '<dateTimeThisDecade()>'
    meta:
        _thumbnail_id: '@attachment*->ID'
        location: '<postId(post_type=location)>'
        lead: '<sentence()>'
        event_state: '<randomElement($event_states)>'
        event_type: '<randomElement($event_type)>'
        sites: '<randomElement($sites)>'

The YAML file is very readable but more documentation can be found on the repositories of the projects used for this.

• wp-cli-fixtures
• Alice
• Faker