Wordpress Cleaner

wp-super-cleaner.sh

#!/bin/bash

tmp_path="/tmp/wordpress-cleaner"

echo "Wordpress Ultra Cleaner"
echo "--------"

echo "Fetching fresh copy of Wordpress"
curl -OL wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

echo "Making new Wordpress directory"
sudo mkdir "$tmp_path"

echo "Unarchiving fresh Wordpress install"
sudo tar -xvf latest.tar.gz -C "$tmp_path"

echo "Copying over wp-content and configuration"
sudo cp /var/www/wordpress/wp-content "$tmp_path/wordpress" -r
sudo cp /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php "$tmp_path/wordpress"

echo "Setting up permissions"
sudo chmod 755 "$tmp_path/wordpress" -R
sudo chown www-data:www-data "$tmp_path/wordpress" -R

echo "Backup up old Wordpress install"
sudo cp /var/www/wordpress /var/www/wordpress-old -r

echo "Deleting old Wordpress installation"
sudo rm -rf /var/www/wordpress
sudo mv "$tmp_path/wordpress" /var/www/