Build Locally, Deploy Globally: Meet Studio Sync for WordPress.com

Studio, our free and open source local WordPress development app on MacOS and Windows, is now seamlessly integrated with WordPress.com.

Our new Studio Sync feature provides Studio users with a fast, simple way to:

1. Synchronize their local sites with their WordPress.com-hosted sites for easy development and deployments; and,
2. Take a local site live with a WordPress.com hosting plan in just a few clicks.

With Studio Sync, taking your WordPress site from local development to production has never been more streamlined.

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Seamless syncing between local and prod

Studio Sync makes it simple to publish your local WordPress site with powerful WordPress.com hosting. Here are a few of our favorite use cases:

• Push and Pull with Ease: You can keep your local Studio sites connected to your WordPress.com site, so pushing or pulling will be as easy as clicking a button.
• Flexible Syncing: Having complete freedom, you can connect a WordPress.com site to multiple Studio sites.
• Team Collaboration: Multiple developers can connect a local Studio site to a shared WordPress.com site, making it easy to push and pull changes as a team.
• Sync To and From Staging: If using staging sites are part of your development workflow, you can now easily push from your local Studio site to your WordPress.com staging site.
• One-Click Bliss: No need to worry yourself with database dumps, manually syncing files over SFTP, or performing other monotonous manual steps. Synchronize your local and hosted sites at any time with just one click.

Connect your site

You can connect any of your WordPress.com sites on a Business plan or higher. Use built-in search to locate your site and quickly see if the site has a staging environment available.

Push and pull

Pull to synchronize your WordPress.com site changes with your local Studio site, or push to deploy your local Studio site changes to your WordPress.com site.

Launch your Studio site on WordPress.com

Ready to publish your local Studio site for all the world to see?

Simply click Connect site on the Sync tab, and then you’ll see an option to purchase a new hosting plan for your Studio site at WordPress.com.

Ready to get started with Studio Sync?

You can start taking advantage of this new Studio Sync feature in just a few steps:

1. Download and install Studio––for free on Windows and Mac.
2. Login with your WordPress.com account.
3. Create a new Studio site.
4. Click on the Sync tab.
5. Connect your site.
6. Push changes to production or pull production to the Studio app.

Let us know what you think

We’d love to hear how you think this new Studio Sync feature will speed up your local development work. 

As a reminder, Studio is a free, open source tool, so we welcome any and all feedback in GitHub. Explore other Issues and create your own here.

You can also explore the documentation for more tips on using this new Sync feature.

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Customizing Model Date Formats in Laravel

Laravel provides several approaches to control how dates are formatted when models are serialized to arrays or JSON. From global formats to attribute-specific customization, you can ensure consistent date presentation across your application.

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use DateTimeInterface;

class BaseModel extends Model
{
    protected function serializeDate(DateTimeInterface $date)
    {
        return $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    }
}

Let's explore a practical example of managing different date formats in a booking system:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\Attribute;
use DateTimeInterface;

class Booking extends Model
{
    protected $casts = [
        'check_in' => 'datetime:Y-m-d',
        'check_out' => 'datetime:Y-m-d',
        'created_at' => 'datetime:Y-m-d H:i:s',
    ];

    protected function serializeDate(DateTimeInterface $date)
    {
        return $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    }

    protected function checkInFormatted(): Attribute
    {
        return Attribute::make(
            get: fn () => $this->check_in->format('l, F j, Y')
        );
    }

    protected function duration(): Attribute
    {
        return Attribute::make(
            get: fn () => $this->check_in->diffInDays($this->check_out)
        );
    }

public function toArray()
    {
        return array_merge(parent::toArray(), [
            'check_in_formatted' => $this->checkInFormatted,
            'duration_nights' => $this->duration,
            'human_readable' => sprintf(
                '%s for %d nights',
                $this->check_in->format('M j'),
                $this->duration
            )
        ]);
    }
}

Laravel's date serialization features ensure consistent date formatting throughout your application while providing flexibility for specific use cases.

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Add Enterprise SSO/SAML to your product today

If you’ve been hearing “Can I log into your product with my Okta account?” from you customers lately (or the scarier “Do you support ADFS?“), it may be time to add Enterprise SSO to your product.

It can seem daunting, but don’t worry - with PropelAuth, you can easily:

• Add Enterprise SSO login options to your product
• Enable your customers to onboard themselves
• Let your customers set up and manage their own permissions

➡ Check out the full guide now

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Using AI to Manage Translations in Laravel

The Laravel community offers a growing number of packages that use AI models like OpenAI's GPT and Anthropic's Claude to simplify and enhance application localization. Here are a few hand-picked packages that each have unique features that can make your translation process more productive and accurate.

Filament Translations GPT

The Filament Translations GPT package is a Filament extension that auto-translates your application using ChatGPT. Leveraging the Filament Translations Manager package, you can use AI to generate translations inside a beautiful admin panel:

GitHub repo: tomatophp/filament-translations-gpt

Laravel Auto-translation

Laravel auto-translation is a package designed to streamline the localization of your Laravel application using AI. With commands to scan and translate, this package streamlines workflows, making application internationalization efficient and hassle-free. It supports multiple AI drivers, including ChatGPT, Google Translate, and DeepL.

GitHub repo: vildanbina/laravel-auto-translation

Laravel AI Translator

The Laravel AI Translator package automatically translates your language files into many languages using OpenAI's GPT models and Anthropic's Claude:

Main features:

• Automatically detects all language folders in your lang directory
• Translates PHP language files from a source language (default: English) to all other languages
• Supports multiple AI providers for intelligent, context-aware translations
• Preserves variables, HTML tags, pluralization codes, and nested structures
• Maintains consistent tone and style across translations
• Supports custom translation rules for enhanced quality and project-specific requirements
• Efficiently processes large language files, saving time and effort
• Respects Laravel's localization system, ensuring compatibility with your existing setup
• Chunking functionality for cost-effective translations: Processes multiple strings in a single AI request, significantly reducing API costs and improving efficiency
• String validation to ensure translation accuracy: Automatically checks and validates AI translations to catch and correct any errors or mistranslations

GitHub repo: kargnas/laravel-ai-translator

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