gitignore template for wordpress sites. Place it in the root directory or where WordPress is installed. Default tracks wp core files. Has option to ignore everything.

Gitignore for WordPress

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##       GIT IGNORE FOR WORDPRESS SITES                                      ##
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##       By: BigWilliam <hello@bigwilliam.com>                               ##
##       Last Modified: 2016-06-16                                           ##
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##       License: MIT - aka you can use/modify this how you want :)          ##
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##       NOTE: TO STOP TRACKING A FILE AFTER IGNORING IT,                    ##
##             USE THESE GIT COMMANDS:                                       ##
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##             git rm -r --cached <file>                                     ##
##             git add <file>                                                ##
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##             Learn more in your terminal, type: git help gitignore         ##
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##===========================================================================##
# Uncomment the rules below as you need them.                                 #
# These can be useful if you only want to track your theme                    #
# instead of an entire WordPress install.                                     #
##===========================================================================##

#/.htaccess

# Ignore everything but...
# ----------------------------------

#/*
#!.gitignore
#!/wp-content/
#!/favicon.ico
#!/favicon.png
#!/robots.txt
#!/humans.txt

# Ignore WP Core files (keeps wp-content)
# ----------------------------------

#/wp-admin
#/wp-includes
#/index.php
#/license.txt
#/readme.html
#/wp-activate.php
#/wp-blog-header.php
#/wp-comments-post.php
#/wp-cron.php
#/wp-links-opml.php
#/wp-load.php
#/wp-login.php
#/wp-mail.php
#/wp-settings.php
#/wp-signup.php
#/wp-trackback.php
#/xmlrpc.php


# WP Config
# ----------------------------------

/wp-config-local.php
/wp-config-staging.php
#/wp-config.php


# wp-content (covers backup/cache stuff)
# -------------------------------------

/wp-content/*
!/wp-content/plugins/
!/wp-content/mu-plugins/
!/wp-content/themes/
#!/wp-content/uploads 


# wp-content/plugins
# ----------------------------------

# /wp-content/plugins/*
# /wp-content/mu-plugins/*
# !/wp-content/plugins/my-single-file-plugin.php
# !/wp-content/plugins/my-directory-plugin/

/wp-content/plugins/hello.php


# wp-content/themes
# ----------------------------------

# /wp-content/themes/*
# !/wp-content/themes/my-custom-theme/

/wp-content/themes/twenty*

# Cache
# ----------------------------------

cache
/wp-content/object-cache.php # Redis cache
/wp-content/advanced-cache.php
/wp-content/wp-cache-config.php

# Backups
# ----------------------------------
backups
/wp-content/updraft

##========================================================================##
#  Non-WordPress items worth ignoring (generally don't need to edit these) #
##========================================================================##

# Log files
# ----------------------------------

*.log
error_log
access_log
.sass-cache
*.swp


# OSX and Windows anoying files
# ----------------------------------

.DS_Store
.DS_Store?
._*
.Spotlight-V100
.Trashes
ehthumbs.db
*[Tt]humbs.db
*.Trashes

# Server Files
# ----------------------------------
/cgi-bin

# IDE Folders/Files
# ----------------------------------
/.idea # php storm