sidouglas/theme-lib-mix

A Laravel Mix function for WordPress themes.

Mix

A Laravel Mix function for WordPress themes.

The mix function is useful if you want to enable cache busting for your theme asset files (CSS, JavaScript, images, icon sprites). Laravel Mix allows you to create a mix-manifest.json file, which might look like this:

{
    "/css/styles.css": "/css/styles.css?id=6ed48b0b831e80bd7549",
    "/js/scripts.js": "/js/scripts.js?id=1bdd07b944e933aa88aa",
}

The ID parameter is a hash of the file contents that changes every time that you make a change to a file. The mix() function provided in this package allows you to use these hashed URLs for enqueueing your assets in your WordPress theme.

Installation

You can install the package via Composer:

composer require mindkomm/theme-lib-mix

Usage

The mix function assumes that you have a mix-manifest.json (generated by the version function of Laravel Mix) in the build folder of your theme.

add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function() {
    wp_enqueue_style(
        'styles',
        mix( 'build/css/styles.css' )
    );
} );

If the mix function can’t find your asset file in the manifest file, it will return the asset URL through get_theme_file_uri as a fallback.

Functions

Name	Summary	Type	Returns/Description
mix	Get the path to a versioned Mix file.	string	The file URL.

mix

Gets the path to a versioned Mix file.

Inspired by https://www.sitepoint.com/use-laravel-mix-non-laravel-projects/

mix( string $path, string $manifest_directory = build )

Returns: string The file URL.

Name	Type	Description
$path	string	The relative path to the file.
$manifest_directory	string	Optional. Custom path to manifest directory. Default 'build'.

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Support

This is a library that we use at MIND to develop WordPress themes. You’re free to use it, but currently, we don’t provide any support.