WP-Bot: The WordPress IRC helper bot

This is the WordPress IRC helper bot for the #WordPress chat room on FreeNode.

Usage

1. Install composer from getcomposer.org.
2. Install and set up a WordPress instance to be your bot's backend.
3. Install and activate the WP-Bot/wp-wpbot-commands plugin in your bot's WordPress instance.
4. Checkout this repo.
5. Run composer install.
6. Copy the file config-example.php to config.php.
7. Add the database details for your bot's backend WordPress database to config.php.
8. Configure the IRC connection in config.php.
9. Start the bot with php contributor-bot.php.

Local Testing Environment

You need docker and docker-compose installed:

1. Run docker-compose up.
2. Connect to http://localhost:9000.
3. Click Connect.
4. Type a message of !help to see the bot react.