Written by Admin on 2025-05-06

How to Download and Install WordPress with Bash Script

WordPress is the most popular open source Content Management System (CMS) used for creating websites. Installing WordPress manually can be a tedious and time-consuming process. However, you can use the command-line interface (CLI) and Bash Script to automate this task and save time.

In this tutorial, we'll explore how to download and install WordPress with Bash Script on a Ubuntu system.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding, you need to ensure that you have the following installed on your Ubuntu system:

• Bash shell
• wget
• unzip

Downloading and Installing WordPress

Follow the steps below to download and install WordPress with a Bash Script:

1. Open your terminal and create a new directory to store your WordPress files.

   mkdir /var/www/html/yourdomain.com

2. Change the permissions of the directory to allow write permission.

   sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/html/yourdomain.com

3. Navigate to the directory.

   cd /var/www/html/yourdomain.com

4. Create a new file called install-wp.sh in the directory.

   nano install-wp.sh

5. Copy the following code into the file.

```

!/bin/bash

read -p 'Database Name: ' dbName read -sp 'Database Password: ' dbPass

echo "$(tput setaf 2)Downloading WordPress...$(tput sgr0)" wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip -O wordpress.zip

echo "$(tput setaf 2)Unzipping WordPress...$(tput sgr0)" unzip wordpress.zip -d .

echo "$(tput setaf 2)Creating wp-config.php...$(tput sgr0)" cp ./wordpress/wp-config-sample.php ./wordpress/wp-config.php sed -i "s/databasenamehere/$dbName/g" ./wordpress/wp-config.php sed -i "s/usernamehere/root/g" ./wordpress/wp-config.php sed -i "s/passwordhere/$dbPass/g" ./wordpress/wp-config.php

echo "$(tput setaf 2)Moving WordPress files to the root directory...$(tput sgr0)" mv ./wordpress/* /var/www/html/yourdomain.com/

echo "$(tput setaf 2)Cleaning up...$(tput sgr0)" rm -rf ./wordpress/ rm -rf ./wordpress.zip

echo "$(tput setaf 2)WordPress installation complete!$(tput sgr0)" ```

6. Save and close the file.

7. Give the file executable permission.

   chmod +x install-wp.sh

8. Execute the Bash Script.

   ./install-wp.sh

9. The script will prompt you for the name and password of the database you want to use. Enter this information and hit Enter.

   Database Name: your_db_name Database Password: your_db_password

10. The script will then download the latest version of WordPress, unzip it, create the wp-config.php file, move the files to the root directory, and clean up the downloaded files.

11. Once the script has finished running, you can visit http://yourdomain.com in your browser to complete the WordPress setup.

Congratulations! You have successfully downloaded and installed WordPress with a Bash Script.

Conclusion

WordPress is a powerful CMS that can be installed and configured by hand. However, using a Bash Script can help simplify and speed up the process. We hope this tutorial has been helpful in showing you how to download and install WordPress with a Bash Script.