Example of .gitignore file for WordPress based project.

WordPress .gitignore

### NetBeans ###
**/nbproject/private/
**/nbproject/Makefile-*.mk
**/nbproject/Package-*.bash
build/
nbbuild/
dist/
nbdist/
.nb-gradle/

### VisualStudioCode ###
.vscode/*
!.vscode/settings.json
!.vscode/tasks.json
!.vscode/launch.json
!.vscode/extensions.json
!.vscode/*.code-snippets

# Local History for Visual Studio Code
.history/

# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
*.vsix

### VisualStudioCode Patch ###
# Ignore all local history of files
.history
.ionide

# Support for Project snippet scope

### WordPress ###
# ignore everything in the root except the "wp-content" directory and "wp-config" file(s)
/*
!wp-content/
!wp-config*

# include ".htaccess" file
!.htaccess

# include custom maintenance page content
!wp-content/maintenance.php
!wp-content/maintenance/

# ignore everything in the "wp-content" directory, except:
# "themes" directory
wp-content/*
!wp-content/themes/

# ignore these plugins
wp-content/plugins/hello.php

# ignore specific themes
wp-content/themes/twenty*/

# ignore node dependency directories
node_modules/

# ignore log files and databases
*.log
*.sql
*.sqlite