Tibi Getting Started
Use this page to get the local Tibi site running and identify the package directories used during day-to-day development.
Last modified: July 9, 2026
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Requirements
Follow the global Getting started guide first. Tibi development also expects:
- Local by Flywheel or an equivalent WordPress local environment.
- PHP and Composer for the Bedrock-style WordPress site.
- Node and npm for theme and plugin asset builds.
- Access to the environment URL configured for your machine.
Local Site
The site root is:
sites/tibi
Install site dependencies from the site directory:
cd sites/tibi
composer install
Theme Development
The Tibi theme lives in:
packages/wordpress/themes/tibi
Build or watch theme assets:
cd packages/wordpress/themes/tibi
npm install
npm run start
npm run build
Plugin Development
The main Tibi plugins are:
packages/wordpress/plugins/tibi-core
packages/wordpress/plugins/tibi-block-library
Build plugin assets where a package.json exists:
cd packages/wordpress/plugins/tibi-block-library
npm install
npm run start
npm run build
Useful Checks
- Confirm the theme is active.
- Confirm
tibi-coreandtibi-block-libraryare active. - Confirm API-dependent features have environment-specific API URLs configured.
- Test custom forms on the frontend after changing related blocks or React entrypoints.