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Automate WordPress and wp-config.php creation
# Download Latest Wordpress archive from WP org
wget https://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
#Extract the archive showing the progress
pv latest.tar.gz | tar xzf - -C .
#Copy the content of WP Salts page
WPSalts=$(wget https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ -q -O -)
#generate a random string; lower and upper case letters + numbers; maximun 9 characters
TablePrefx=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' | fold -w 9 | head -n 1)_
#Copy the current directory user name
WWUSER=$(stat -c '%U' ./)
#Add the following PHP code inside wp-config
cat <<EOF > wordpress/wp-config-sample.php
<?php
/***Managed by Kaiten Support - Leonardo Gandini***/
define('DB_NAME', '');
define('DB_USER', '');
define('DB_PASSWORD', '');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
/*WP Tweaks*/
#define( 'WP_SITEURL', '' );
#define( 'WP_HOME', '' );
#define( 'ALTERNATE_WP_CRON', true );
#define('DISABLE_WP_CRON', 'true');
#define('WP_CRON_LOCK_TIMEOUT', 900);
#define('AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 300);
#define( 'WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M' );
#define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', ( 0755 & ~ umask() ) );
#define( 'FS_CHMOD_FILE', ( 0644 & ~ umask() ) );
#define( 'WP_ALLOW_REPAIR', true );
#define( 'FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true );
#define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
#define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );
$WPSalts
\$table_prefix = '$TablePrefx';
define('WP_DEBUG', false);
if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
EOF
#Now that we are good, let's rename the wp-config sample
mv wordpress/wp-config-sample.php wordpress/wp-config.php
#Move wordpress folder content in the current directory and remove the leftovers
mv ./wordpress/* ./ && rm -rf latest.tar.gz && rm -rf ./wordpress
#Apply the definer user name to all the new freshly created wordpress files, plus the group (here the main on for Plesk Virtual Hosts)
chown -R $WWUSER:psacln ./*
#Just to be sure, let's fix files and directories permissions
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
#Fancy message with colored background
echo "$(tput setaf 7)$(tput setab 6)---|-WP READY TO ROCK-|---$(tput sgr 0)"
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RussQuan commented Sep 8, 2023

Nice job, thanks for sharing this man!

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