A small script to manage multiple local WordPress install. This script can install a new WordPress website checking out the latest revision from trunk on the official svn server, it will also install the plugins "theme-check" and "wordpress-importer" both downloaded from svn too. The script has a function that will keep updated from svn both the…

wp_manager.sh

#! /bin/bash

#### SCRIPT OPTIONS ####
# the docroot for your webserver
WEBSERVER="/home/www/htdocs"
# hidden directory inside the docroot (if you want to use another directory outside of the docroot you have to change the whole script)
BASEDIR=".base"
# where the temp files has to be stored?
TMPDIR="/tmp/wp_manager"
# if you know WordPress this is self explanatory ;)
PLUGINDIR="wp-content/plugins"

#### EXIT STATUSES ####
E_NOARGS=171
E_NONEWNAME=172
E_DIREXISTS=173
E_TMPDIREXISTS=174

# print usage instructions and exit
function usage () {
	echo "USAGE:"
        echo `basename $0` "-h"
	echo "this shows the help and exits"; echo
	echo `basename $0` "-i <new directory name>"
	echo "install WordPress in a directory named 'new directory name'"; echo
	echo `basename $0` "-u"
	echo "updates all directories containing a WordPress install"; echo
	exit $E_NOARGS
}

# update existing installs
function update_existing () {
	echo "updating WordPress"
	for dir in $(find $WEBSERVER -type d -maxdepth 1 -print); do
		if [ -f ${dir}/wp-config.php ]; then
			echo; echo "$dir sara' aggiornata"; echo
			svn up ${dir}
		fi
	done
	echo
	echo "**************************************************"
	echo "all existing WordPress sites have been updated"
	echo "**************************************************"
	sleep 1; clear
	echo "**************************************************"
	echo "Updating base plugins"
	echo "**************************************************"
	# update wordpress-importer
	svn up $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/wordpress-importer
	# update theme-check plugin
	svn up $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/theme-check
	echo "**************************************************"
	echo "Exporting Updated Plugins"
	echo "**************************************************"
	if [ ! -d $TMPDIR ]; then
		mkdir $TMPDIR
		svn export $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/wordpress-importer $TMPDIR/wordpress-importer
		svn export $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/theme-check $TMPDIR/theme-check
		for dir in $(find $WEBSERVER -type d -maxdepth 1 -print); do
			if [ -f ${dir}/wp-config.php ]; then
				echo "copying wordpress-importer and theme-check to $dir"
				if [ ! -d ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/wordpress-importer ]; then
					cp -r $TMPDIR/wordpress-importer ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/
				else
					rm -rf ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/wordpress-importer
					cp -r $TMPDIR/wordpress-importer ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/
				fi
				if [ ! -d ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/theme-check ]; then
					cp -r $TMPDIR/theme-check ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/
				else
					rm -rf ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/theme-check
					cp -r $TMPDIR/theme-check ${dir}/$PLUGINDIR/
				fi
			fi
		done
		rm -rf $TMPDIR
	else
		echo "can't continue, $TMPDIR already existing, removing it and exiting"
		rm -rf $TMPDIR
		exit $E_TMPDIREXISTS
	fi
	exit 0
}

# install new WordPress site
function install_new () {
	echo "***********************************************"
	echo "You should first update your existing installs"
	echo "and then install a new website, so that base"
	echo "plugins are updated first"
	echo "***********************************************"
	if [ ! -z "$1" ]; then
		dir_name=$1
		if [ ! -d ${WEBSERVER}/$1 ]; then
			mkdir ${WEBSERVER}/$1
			cd ${WEBSERVER}/$1
			svn co http://core.svn.wordpress.org/trunk/ .
			cp $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/base-wp-config.php ./wp-config.php
			cp -R $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/wordpress-importer/ ./wp-content/plugins/
			cp -R $WEBSERVER/$BASEDIR/theme-check ./wp-content/plugins/
			echo
			echo "*****************************************************"
			echo "new install for directory $1 done"
			echo
			echo "you should now edit $1/wp-config.php and run the"
			echo "5 min WordPress Install routine"
			echo "*****************************************************"
			exit 0
		else
			echo "looks like a directory called $1 already exists, choose another name please. Exiting"
			exit $E_DIREXISTS
		fi

	else
		echo "I need a new name for your fresh install of WordPress, exiting"
		exit $E_NONEWNAME
	fi
}

# Parse the commandline options:
while getopts "i:uh:" Option
do
	case $Option in
		i ) install_new ${OPTARG}
			;;
		u ) update_existing
			;;
		h ) usage
			;;
		* ) usage
			;; # default behaviour
	esac
done

# End of option parsing.
shift $(($OPTIND - 1))

# $1 now references the first non option item supplied on the command line
# if one exists.