Script that installs Wordpress on NearlyFreeSpeech.net. Takes care of safe_mode permissions, temporary folder, and automatic installation of plugins, etc.

install-wp-nfshost.sh

#!/bin/sh
set -ex
cd /home/public

# Download Wordpress
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar -xf latest.tar.gz
rm latest.tar.gz
mv wordpress/* .
rmdir wordpress

# Set up safe_mode permissions
chgrp -R web .
chmod -R g+w .

echo "Visit http://$(hostname)/ to setup the database and site info."
echo "You'll need a MySQL database (https://members.nearlyfreespeech.net/mysql)."
echo
REPLY=
while [ "$REPLY" != "done" ]; do
  echo -n "Once you are ready, type done: "
  read
done

# Set up temporary folder and enable Automatic Installs
mkdir ../tmp/wordpress; chgrp web ../tmp/wordpress; chmod g+w ../tmp/wordpress
echo "define('WP_TEMP_DIR', ABSPATH.'../tmp/wordpress');" >> wp-config.php
echo "define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');" >> wp-config.php

echo
echo "All files have been left writable by the web process. Please consider reading"
echo "http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress."
echo

Instructions: Create a site, ssh into it and run:

curl https://gist.github.com/ariofrio/5603825/raw/install-wp-nfshost.sh | bash