Walkthrough: Setting up a Secure WordPress Site with Git

cleaning-up-themes-and-plugins.sh

cd wp-content/plugins/
rm hello.php
cd ../themes/
rm -fR twentyten twentyeleven twentytwelve twentythirteen twentyfourteen
cd ../../
git commit -am 'Deleting unused themes and plugins'

initial-wordpress-config.sh

cp wordpress/wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php
cp wordpress/index.php .
touch environment.php
touch .gitignore
git add index.php wp-config.php .gitignore
git commit -m 'Placeholder configuration'

manage-themes-and-plugins-in-git.sh

cp -R wordpress/wp-content .
git add wp-content
git commit -m 'Manage themes and plugins outside of submodule'

setup-git-repo.sh

mkdir secure-wordpress-walkthrough
cd secure-wordpress-walkthrough
git init

setup-wordpress-submodule.sh

git submodule add git://github.com/WordPress/WordPress.git wordpress
git commit -m 'Add WordPress submodule'
cd wordpress
git tag             # list tags
git checkout 4.2.2  # checkout latest version
cd ..
git add wordpress   # stage updates
git commit -m 'Checkout latest WordPress version'