Managing ConnectionStrings and Environment Variables with WordPress on Azure

One of the cool features of Azure is the ability to have a “deployment slot” for your web app.  Web app content and configurations elements can be swapped between two deployment slots, including the production slot. Deploying your application to a deployment slot has the following benefits: You can validate web app changes in a staging deployment slot before swapping it with the production slot. Deploying a web app to a slot first and swapping it into production ensures that all instances of the slot are warmed up before being swapped into production. This eliminates downtime when you deploy your…