This project is a template for getting WordPress up and running on Heroku. It comes with PostgreSQL for WordPress pre-installed in order to use Heroku's existing Postgres backend.
Clone the repository from Github
$ git clone git://github.com/mhoofman/wordpress-heroku.git
With the Heroku gem, create your app
$ cd wordpress-heroku
$ heroku create --stack cedar
> Creating strange-turtle-1234... done, stack is cedar
> http://strange-turtle-1234.herokuapp.com/ | git@heroku.com:strange-turtle-1234.git
> Git remote heroku added
Add a database to your app
$ heroku addons:add shared-database:5mb
> -----> Adding shared-database:5mb to strange-turtle-1234... done, v3 (free)
Create a new branch for any configuration/setup changes needed
$ git checkout -b production
Copy the wp-config.php
$ cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
Clear .gitignore and commit wp-config.php
$ >.gitignore
$ git add .
$ git commit -m "zomg wordpress"
Deploy to Heroku
$ git push heroku production:master
> -----> Heroku receiving push
> -----> PHP app detected
> -----> Bundling Apache v2.2.19
> -----> Bundling PHP v5.3.6
> -----> Discovering process types
> Procfile declares types -> (none)
> Default types for PHP -> web
> -----> Compiled slug size is 24.9MB
> -----> Launcing... done, v5
> http://strange-turtle-1234.herokuapp.com deployed to Heroku
>
> To git@heroku:strange-turtle-1234.git
> * [new branch] production -> master
After deployment WordPress has a few more steps to setup and thats it!
Updating your WordPress version is just a matter of merging the updates into the branch created from the installation.
$ git pull # Get the latest
Using the same branch name from our installation:
$ git checkout production
$ git merge master # Merge latest
$ git push heroku production:master
WordPress needs to update the database. After push, navigate to:
http://your-app-url.herokuapp.com/wp-admin
WordPress will prompt for updating the database. After that you'll be good to go.