Install wp-cli and disabled pseudo cron behavior.

managed_vms/wordpress/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+my-wordpress-project

managed_vms/wordpress/README.md

@@ -114,10 +114,10 @@ running):
 
 ```
 $ cd my-wordpress-project
-$ php -S localhost:8000 -t wordpress wp.php
+$ vendor/bin/wp(.bat) server --path=wordpress
 ```
 
-Then access http://localhost:8000/. Follow the installation steps,
+Then access http://localhost:8080/. Follow the installation steps,
 create the admin user and its password. Login to the Dashboard and
 update if any of the plugins have update. I’m assuming that the local
 network is secure here. If you think differently, maybe you can first
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Use the shell script wrapper for deployment as follows:
 ```
 $ sh deploy_wrapper.sh \
   gcloud preview app deploy \
-    --promote --stop-previous-version app.yaml
+    --promote --stop-previous-version app.yaml cron.yaml
 ```
 
 Then access your site, use the username and the password you created
@@ -170,7 +170,14 @@ see the following Batcache stats in the HTML source:
 Because the wp-content directory on the server is read-only, you have
 to do this locally. Run WordPress locally and update plugins/themes in
 the local Dashboard, then deploy, then activate them in the production
-Dashboard.
+Dashboard. You can also use the `wp-cli` utility as follows:
+
+```
+# To update all the plugins
+$ vendor/bin/wp plugin update --all --path=wordpress
+# To update all the themes
+$ vendor/bin/wp theme update --all --path=wordpress
+```
 
 ### Remove plugins/themes
 

managed_vms/wordpress/src/Project.php

@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ public function runComposer()
     {
         chdir($this->dir);
         exec(
-            'composer install --no-interaction --no-progress --no-ansi',
+            'composer update --no-interaction --no-progress --no-ansi',
             $output, $ret);
         $this->info = array_merge($this->info, $output);
         if ($ret !== 0) {
-            $this->info[] = 'Failed to run composer install in ' . $dir
+            $this->info[] = 'Failed to run composer update in ' . $dir
                 . '. Please run it by yourself before running WordPress.';
         }
     }

managed_vms/wordpress/src/WordPressSetup.php

@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
         );
         $copyFiles = array(
             'app.yaml' => '/',
+            'cron.yaml' => '/',
             'composer.json' => '/',
             'deploy_wrapper.sh' => '/',
             'Dockerfile' => '/',
             'gcs-media.php' => '/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/',
             'nginx-app.conf' => '/',
             'php.ini' => '/',
             'wp-config.php' => '/wordpress/',
-            'wp.php' => '/'
         );
         $authKeys = array(
             'auth_key', 'secure_auth_key', 'logged_in_key', 'nonce_key',

managed_vms/wordpress/src/files/composer.json

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
     "require": {
         "google/appengine-php-sdk": "^1.9"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "wp-cli/wp-cli": "^0.22.0"
     }
 }

managed_vms/wordpress/src/files/cron.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cron:
+- description: wordpress cron tasks
+  url: /wp-cron.php
+  schedule: every 15 minutes

managed_vms/wordpress/src/files/wp-config.php

@@ -35,18 +35,25 @@
 // Cache settings
 define('WP_CACHE', ON_MVM);
 
+// Disable pseudo cron behavior
+define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', true);
+
+if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])) {
+    define('HTTP_HOST', $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
+} else {
+    define('HTTP_HOST', 'localhost');
+}
+
 $memcached_servers = array(
     'default' => array(
         getenv('MEMCACHE_PORT_11211_TCP_ADDR')
         . ':' . getenv('MEMCACHE_PORT_11211_TCP_PORT')
     )
 );
 
-// Auto detect the URL fails.
-define('WP_HOME', ON_MVM ? 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
-       : 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
-define('WP_SITEURL', ON_MVM ? 'https://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']
-       : 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
+// Use https on MVMs.
+define('WP_HOME', ON_MVM ? 'https://' . HTTP_HOST : 'http://' . HTTP_HOST);
+define('WP_SITEURL', ON_MVM ? 'https://' . HTTP_HOST : 'http://' . HTTP_HOST);
 
 // Need this for cookies.
 define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', ON_MVM);

managed_vms/wordpress/tests/DeployTest.php

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public static function deploy($project_id, $e2e_test_version)
                 "sh $target/deploy_wrapper.sh gcloud -q preview app deploy "
                 . "--version $e2e_test_version "
                 . "--project $project_id --no-promote "
-                . "$target/app.yaml",
+                . "$target/app.yaml $target/cron.yaml",
                 $output,
                 $ret
             );