Question

I wrote this little BASH script that creates a folder,unzips WordPress and creates a database for a site.

The final step is actually installing WordPress, which usually involves pointing your browser to install.php and filling out a form in the GUI.

I want to do this from the BASH shell, but can’t figure out how to invoke wp_install() and pass it the parameters it needs:

-admin_email
-admin_password
-weblog_title
-user_name

(line 85 in install.php)

Here’s a similar question, but in python

#!/bin/bash

#ask for the site name
echo "Site Name:"
read name
# make site directory under splogs
mkdir /var/www/splogs/$name
dirname="/var/www/splogs/$name"
#import wordpress from dropbox
cp -r  ~/Dropbox/Web/Resources/Wordpress/Core $dirname
cd $dirname
#unwrap the double wrap
mv Core/* ./ 
rm -r Core
mv wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php 
sed -i 's/database_name_here/'$name'/g' ./wp-config.php
sed -i 's/username_here/root/g' ./wp-config.php
sed -i 's/password_here/mypassword/g' ./wp-config.php
cp -r ~/Dropbox/Web/Resources/Wordpress/Themes/responsive $dirname/wp-content/t$
cd $dirname

CMD="create database $name"
mysql -uroot -pmypass -e "$CMD"

How do I alter the script to automatically run the installer without the need to open a browser?

Answer 1

Check out wp-cli, based on Drush for Drupal.

wp core install --url=url --title=site-title [--admin_name=username] --admin_email=email --admin_password=password

All commands:

wp core [download|config|install|install_network|version|update|update_db]
wp db [create|drop|optimize|repair|connect|cli|query|export|import]
wp eval-file
wp eval
wp export [validate_arguments]
wp generate [posts|users]
wp home
wp option [add|update|delete|get]
wp plugin [activate|deactivate|toggle|path|update|uninstall|delete|status|install]
wp post-meta [get|delete|add|update]
wp post [create|update|delete]
wp theme [activate|path|delete|status|install|update]
wp transient [get|set|delete|type]
wp user-meta [get|delete|add|update]
wp user [list|delete|create|update]