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Environment Configuration

This page documents environment-specific configuration for the Dealers Site.

wp-config.php Constants​

All environment-specific values are defined as constants in wp-config.php. WP Engine allows overriding these per environment via their PHP constants panel.

Required Constants​

// Database
define( 'DB_NAME',     'dealers_db' );
define( 'DB_USER',     'db_user' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'db_password' );
define( 'DB_HOST',     'localhost' );

// Site URLs
define( 'WP_HOME',    'https://dealers.scottsdalemint.com' );
define( 'WP_SITEURL', 'https://dealers.scottsdalemint.com' );

// Security
define( 'AUTH_KEY',         'unique-value' );
define( 'SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'unique-value' );
define( 'LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'unique-value' );
define( 'NONCE_KEY',        'unique-value' );
// ... (all 8 salts)

Algolia​

define( 'ALGOLIA_APP_ID',  'XXXXXXXXXX' );
define( 'ALGOLIA_API_KEY', 'search-only-key' );  // Public search key

Pricing API​

define( 'PRICES_API_TOKEN', 'your-secret-token' );

This token is used by the Middleware Platform's HTTP Sync Target to authenticate price import requests to POST /suma/v1/prices.

Production-Only Constants​

define( 'WP_DEBUG',       false );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG',   false );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true );  // Disable theme/plugin editor

Environment Detection​

Some theme code detects the environment by inspecting the server URL:

// In WooCommerce\ShipStation
if ( strpos( $url, 'wpengine' ) || strpos( $url, 'scottsdale.cc' ) ) {
    // Production store
} else {
    // Staging store
}

For more robust environment detection, consider adding a WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE constant:

define( 'WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'production' );  // or 'staging', 'local'

Then check with wp_get_environment_type().

Performance Constants​

define( 'WP_CACHE', true );       // Enable object caching
define( 'COMPRESS_SCRIPTS', true );
define( 'COMPRESS_CSS', true );
define( 'CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );  // Keep false — Elementor manages JS loading