Will Anderson

#!/bin/bash
#
# configuration
#
rootURL="http://localhost" # your root URL. No trailing slash
rootDIR="/home/anderswc/public_html" # your document root. No trailing slash

dbname="wordpress"
dbuser="username"
dbpass="password"
dbhost="localhost"

wppass="password" #password to use for the admin account
adminemail="email@example.com" #email to use for the admin account
blogtitle=$1 # defaults to the specified directory name. can be anything

if [ -z "$1" ]
then
  # directory name must be specified
  echo "Please specify an installation folder name"
else
  # ideally you shouldn't have to change anything past this point
  echo "Creating a WordPress instance in $rootDIR/$1"
  # create the directory to install WordPress in
  mkdir $rootDIR/$1
  # download the latest version of WordPress into the directory we just created
  wget -o /dev/null -O $rootDIR/$1/wordpress.zip http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
  # unzip the archive containing WordPress. files will be inside a 'wordpress' directory
  unzip -q $rootDIR/$1/wordpress.zip -d $rootDIR/$1
  # move the files out of the 'wordpress' directory into their intended location
  mv $rootDIR/$1/wordpress/* $rootDIR/$1
  # remove the wordpress archive and the wordpress folder
  rm $rootDIR/$1/wordpress.zip
  rmdir $rootDIR/$1/wordpress
  # make WordPress directory writeable by PHP so installation can take place
  chmod -R 777 $rootDIR/$1
  # request the configuration file generation and blog installation webpages.
  postdata="dbname=$dbname&uname=$dbuser&pwd=$dbpass&dbhost=$dbhost&prefix=$1_"
  wget -o /dev/null --post-data "$postdata" "$rootURL/$1/wp-admin/setup-config.php?step=2"
  postdata="weblog_title=$blogtitle&admin_email=$adminemail"
  wget -o /dev/null --post-data "$postdata" "$rootURL/$1/wp-admin/install.php?step=2"
  # WordPress password was randomly generated
  # change it to password in configuration and remove password change nag
  sqlcommand="UPDATE $1_users SET user_pass=MD5('$wppass')"
  sqlcommand="$sqlcommand;DELETE FROM $1_usermeta WHERE meta_key='default_password_nag';"
  mysql -u $dbuser -p$dbpass -e "$sqlcommand" $dbname
  # uncomment the following line if you're running this script on a public server
  #chmod -R 755 $rootDIR/$1
  echo "Done"
fi