Title: How do I develop a theme with multiple devs (GiHub Workflow)
Last modified: January 16, 2023

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# How do I develop a theme with multiple devs (GiHub Workflow)

 *  [niklasgem](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niklasgem/)
 * (@niklasgem)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-develop-a-theme-with-multiple-devs-gihub-workflow/)
 * I would like to develop a WordPress theme with another person: As far as I understand
   it we could use GitHub for version controlling but what’s about the SQL database?
   Cloning and pushing the WordPress theme folder shouldn’t be a problem but how
   do I synch the database?
 * The only solution I found is from a [post](https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/52725/keeping-wp-database-synced-across-multiple-developers-using-git)
   which is 10 years old (and maybe outdated?). It says that you could import/export
   the database manually with a plugin every time you clone the theme folder. But
   this doesn’t seem to be very efficient for me. Having a remote database is another
   solution according to the post…
 * So my question is: What do other developers do to synch the database across multiple
   local workstations when working on a wordpress theme together?

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-develop-a-theme-with-multiple-devs-gihub-workflow/#post-16382382)
 * We have standard content that is intended to thoroughly test a theme’s CSS. That’s
   the extent of our DB content. If anyone needs additional content for the specific
   feature they are working on, they generally keep it to themselves, no one else
   is working on that specific component. If a component’s content needs more than
   one dev, they can export/import among themselves.
 * In the end, when it comes to alpha/beta testing, the additional content from 
   various devs could be merged into the common DB.
 * May not be the best system, but it’s what we do. Themes shouldn’t be dependent
   on any specific content, so not having the exact same DB available is not a problem..

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 * [theme development](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-development/)

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-develop-a-theme-with-multiple-devs-gihub-workflow/#post-16382382)
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