# Transitioning to Test Framework
The Mantle Test Framework can be used outside of projects that started as a Mantle project such as normal WordPress sites, themes, and plugins. The framework can be added and loaded to your existing theme's unit test.
# Getting Started
This guide assumes that we are in a wp-content/ rooted WordPress project.
# Install alleyinteractive/mantle-framework as a dependency.
If you do not have a composer.json file in your project initialize that with
composer init. Install the latest version of the main branch. Composer does
not need to be loaded on all requests unless you plan on using Mantle outside of
your unit tests.
composer require alleyinteractive/mantle-framework:dev-main
# Change Test Case
Unit Tests should extend themselves from Mantle's Framework_Test_Case class
in place of core's WP_UnitTestCase class.
use Mantle\Framework\Testing\Framework_Test_Case;
class Test_Case extends Framework_Test_Case {
public function test_example() {
$this->go_to( home_url( '/' ) );
$this->assertQueryTrue( 'is_home', 'is_archive' );
}
public function test_factory() {
$post = static::factory()->post->create_and_get(); // WP_Post.
// ...
}
}
# Adjusting Unit Test Bootstrap
Commonly unit tests live inside of plugins or themes. For this use case, we're going to adjust a theme's unit test bootstrap file to load the test framework.
TIP
- You might not need an autoloader if you are rolling your own.
- The callback to
install()is completely optional.
<?php
/**
* Theme Testing using Mantle Framework
*/
namespace App\Tests;
// Install the Mantle Test Framework.
\Mantle\Framework\Testing\install(
function() {
// Setup any additional dependencies.
\Mantle\Framework\Testing\tests_add_filter(
'muplugins_loaded',
function() {
// Setup any dependencies once WordPress is loaded, such as themes.
switch_theme( 'twentytwenty' );
}
);
}
);
spl_autoload_register(
\Mantle\Framework\generate_wp_autoloader( __NAMESPACE__, __DIR__ )
);