Bash function for installing WordPress

gistfile1.sh

wp() {
  # Needs two parameters
  # Parameter 1 is the account name, or install directory
  # Parameter 2 will set the database password
  cd ~/../home/${1}/public_html # go to install directory
  wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz # get latest WordPress
  tar xfz latest.tar.gz # unpack
  chown -R ${1} wordpress # change all files in wordpress to be owned by user (solves a problem when installing as root)
  chgrp -R ${1} wordpress # change associated group (solves a problem when installing as root)
  mv wordpress/* ./ # move all files from /wordpress to the root directory
  rmdir wordpress # remove the wordpress folder
  rm -f latest.tar.gz # remove the tar package
  # Set up the database ...
  pass=$rootmysqlpassword
  mysql -uroot -p$pass -e "create database $1_wrdp"
  mysql -uroot -p$pass -e "grant all on $1_wrdp.* to '$1'@'localhost' identified by '$2'"
}

This simplifies the process of installing WordPress and creating a database for the installation.

This particular function is made to be used when logged in as root. I'm not sure how universal it is, but it works on my VPS. If anything, you might have to change the directory structure in line 5.