Example .gitignore file for WordPress with customized plugins, and files to include in the root directory.

.gitignore

# Ignore everything
*

# Ignore everything except
!.gitignore
!.htaccess
!Gruntfile.js
!/lists/
!/lists/*
!/lists/*/*
!/lists/*/*/*
!/lists/*/*/*/*
!/lists/*/*/*/*/*
!package.json
!README.md
!/wp-content/
!/wp-content/plugins/
!/wp-content/plugins/instapress/
!/wp-content/plugins/instapress/*
!/wp-content/plugins/instapress/*/*
!/wp-content/plugins/instapress/*/*/*
!/wp-content/plugins/ovr_functions/
!/wp-content/plugins/ovr_functions/*
!/wp-content/themes/
!/wp-content/themes/quark/
!/wp-content/themes/quark/*
!/wp-content/themes/quark/*/*
!/wp-content/themes/quark/*/*/*
!/wp-content/themes/quark/*/*/*/*
!/wp-content/themes/quark/*/*/*/*/*

.DS_Store
node_modules