How can I create a bash install script for my WordPress sites setup (WP+plugins+theme)?

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1. To always get latest plugin take for example my plugin:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor-plus/

   the download link for the latest is:

   http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-file-monitor-plus.1.1.zip

   but if you remove the version from the download link you always get the latest version:

   http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordpress-file-monitor-plus.zip

   EDIT: Have you considered keeping a folder of the latest wordpress and plugins unpacked? Then as soon as a new plugin or wordpress comes out you simply unpack that over what you have. Then your bash script just packages the whole lot to be used on an install.

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2. Create the bash script:

   touch wp_plugins_theme.sh
   

   Make Executable:

   chmod +x ./wp_plugins_theme.sh
   

   Copy this into it:

   #!/bin/bash
   #
   #  This script is to automate a common WP setup.
   #
   #   - Download the latest version of WordPress
   #   - Unzip
   #   - Download the latest version of plugin X
   #   - Unzip to WP plugins folder
   #   - Download theme
   #   - Unzip to themes folder
   
   : ' Define Directory
   '
   
   # Change to your directory name
   # Final site will be $PWD/$dirname/www/
   
   dirname=ExampleWPPluginsTheme
   
   # WordPress Directories used later
   
   plugins=$PWD/$dirname/www/wp-content/plugins
   themes=$PWD/$dirname/www/wp-content/themes
   
   : ' Clear Example Dir
   '
   
   rm -rf $PWD/$dirname
   mkdir -p $PWD/$dirname/www
   cd $PWD/$dirname;
   
   : ' Download the latest version of WordPress
   '
   
   curl -OL "https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz"
   
   : ' Unzip
   '
   
   tar -zxvf "./latest.tar.gz" -C 'www' --strip-components=1
   
   : ' Download the latest version of plugin X
   '
   
   curl -OL "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/query-monitor.latest-stable.zip"
   curl -OL "https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-optimize.latest-stable.zip"
   
   : ' Unzip to WP plugins folder
   '
   
   tar -zxvf "./query-monitor.latest-stable.zip" -C $plugins
   tar -zxvf "./wp-optimize.latest-stable.zip" -C $plugins
   
   : ' Download theme
   '
   
   curl -OL "https://github.com/Automattic/_s/archive/master.zip"
   
   : ' Unzip to themes folder
   '
   
   tar -zxvf "./master.zip" -C $themes
   
   : ' Done
   '
   
   # List the folder contents
   
   ls -la $PWD
   

   Run the command

   ./wp_plugins_theme.sh
   

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3. I created a bash script to update WordPress using subversion as they recommend.

   #!/bin/bash
   # usage: upgrade_wordpress.sh X.X.X
   # http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing/Updating_WordPress_with_Subversion
   
   # http://stackoverflow.com/a/699613/327074
   die () {
       echo >&2 "$@"
       exit 1
   }
   
   # check that there is one argument
   [ "$#" -eq 1 ] || die "usage: upgrade_wordpress.sh X.X.X"
   # http://stackoverflow.com/a/2220646/327074
   response=$(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/$1/)
   # check that the tag repository exists, i.e. returns a HTTP 200 status code
   [ "$response" -eq 200 ] || die "Couldn't find WordPress version, http error: $response"
   # Take a backup
   mysqldump -u root -p wordpress > wordpress_upgrade_to_$1_bak.sql
   # Updating to a New Stable Version
   cd /path/to/wordpress/dir/
   svn sw http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/$1/ .
   

   I’ve modified this to do the installation. This second script is untested but it should get you started. You will need to write your own create_wordpress_database_and_user.sql – but you didn’t ask for that in the question anyway, so maybe you can ignore it.

   #!/bin/bash
   # usage: install_wordpress.sh X.X.X /path/to/wordpress/dir
   # http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing/Updating_WordPress_with_Subversion
   
   # http://stackoverflow.com/a/699613/327074
   die () {
       echo >&2 "$@"
       exit 1
   }
   # check that there are two arguments
   [ "$#" -eq 2 ] || die "usage: install_wordpress.sh X.X.X /path/to/wordpress/dir"
   # http://stackoverflow.com/a/2220646/327074
   response=$(curl --write-out %{http_code} --silent --output /dev/null http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/$1/)
   # check that the tag repository exists, i.e. returns a HTTP 200 status code
   [ "$response" -eq 200 ] || die "Could not find WordPress version, http error: $response"
   # create directory if needed
   if [ ! -d $2 ]; then
       mkdir $2
   fi
   # Install the database
   mysql -u root -p < create_wordpress_database_and_user.sql
   # Checking out stable version
   cd $2
   svn co http://core.svn.wordpress.org/tags/$1/ .
   

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4. I have been using git clone as a sort of poor mans bash.

   The WordPress git is updated every 30 minutes so I clone it into my own repo with my own plugins/themes or just pull directly from it.

   The whole thing is pretty fast, in fact it is only about 2 lines, and the only thing I have to do manually is create the local DB and edit the config.php. It can be a bit tricky making sure you update WordPress to the latest version if you want to do it every 30minutes, but I typically only use the stable version, and keep the dev version in another environment.

   It looks like this:

   mkdir wordpress-project
   git clone ..url-to-my-wordpress-base 
   

   The other downside is that it is a bit hard to get plugins from the actual WordPress repo through git, it is possible to do it, using the git svn command but I find it’s not easy to work with, yet.

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5. I have created a bash script to install wordpress.

   This script will automate the following:

   • Downlaod and install WordPress automatically
   • Create Default Users with passwords
   • Install all default plugins
   • Install the default or custom theme by zip url you mostly used.

   You can find script on github.com

   https://github.com/jeoga/wordpress_install_bash_script

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