WP CLI Project Setup - Development

projectinit.sh

#!/bin/bash

## WP CLI Project Setup
# Options documentation here:
# https://codex.wordpress.org/User:HEngel/Option_Reference#Reading

##############
# Instructions
##############
# 1. If the CLI returns an error "error establishing a database connection", change `localhost` in wp-config.php to `127.0.0.1`
admin_username="admin"

# 2. Set true or false if composer is installed in the project. This will skip installing plugins with WPCLI
composer_installed=true

# 3. Sets a timestamp for creating posts in the past so they are not scheduled
post_timestamp="`TZ=GMT+5 date +%Y-%m-%d` 07:00:00"

# 4. Set the project domain
project_url="mysite.test"

echo ""
echo "##############"
echo "# Core"
echo "##############"

echo ""
echo "🔸 Updating all Themes"
sh -c "wp theme update --all"

echo ""
echo "##############"
echo "# Settings"
echo "##############"

echo ""
echo "# 1. General"

echo "🔸 Removing default Blog Description"
sh -c "wp option update blogdescription ''"

echo ""
echo "# 2. Writing"

echo "🔸 Creating blog categories"
sh -c "wp term create category Design --description='Posts about design.' --porcelain | xargs -I % wp term create category Illustration --parent=%"
sh -c "wp term create category Technology --description='Posts about technology.' --porcelain"
sh -c "wp term create category Lifestyle --description='Posts about lifestyle.' --porcelain"
sh -c "wp term create category Food --description='Posts about food.' --porcelain"
sh -c "wp term create category Drink --description='Posts about drink.' --porcelain"
sh -c "wp term create category Fashion --description='Posts about fashion.' --porcelain"

echo ""
echo "# 3. Reading"
echo "🔸 Setting 8 posts per page (inc. RSS)"
sh -c "wp option update posts_per_page 8"
sh -c "wp option update posts_per_rss 8"

echo ""
echo "# 4. Discussion"

echo ""
echo "# 5. Media"

echo ""
echo "# 6. Permalinks"
echo "🔸 Setting pretty permalinks"
sh -c "wp option update permalink_structure '/%postname%/' --quiet"

# Only install plugins if composer is not in project (bool)
if ! $composer_installed 
	then
		echo ""
		echo "##############"
		echo "# Plugins"
		echo "##############"

		echo ""
		echo "🔸 Deleting Hello Dolly Plugin"
		sh -c "wp plugin delete hello"

		echo ""
		echo "🔸 Deleting Akismet Plugin"
		sh -c "wp plugin delete akismet"

		echo ""
		echo "🔸 Installing Yoast SEO Plugin"
		sh -c "wp plugin install wordpress-seo"

		echo ""
		echo "🔸 Installing Contact Form 7 Plugin"
		sh -c "wp plugin install contact-form-7"

		echo ""
		echo "🔸 Installing Redirection Plugin"
		sh -c "wp plugin install redirection"
fi

echo ""
echo "##############"
echo "# Users"
echo "##############"

echo ""
echo "🔸 Creating User: Subscriber"
sh -c "wp user create user_subscriber user_subscriber@$project_url --role=subscriber --user_pass=user_subscriber"

echo "🔸 Creating User: Contributor"
sh -c "wp user create user_contributor user_contributor@$project_url --role=contributor --user_pass=user_contributor"

echo "🔸 Creating User: Author"
sh -c "wp user create user_author user_author@$project_url --role=author --user_pass=user_author"

echo "🔸 Creating User: Editor"
sh -c "wp user create user_editor user_editor@$project_url --role=editor --user_pass=user_editor"

echo "🔸 Creating User: Administrator"
sh -c "wp user create user_administrator user_administrator@$project_url --role=administrator --user_pass=user_administrator"


echo ""
echo "##############"
echo "# Pages"
echo "##############"

echo ""
echo "🔸 Creating and Setting Home and News pages"

# Set the "your homepage displays" setting to "A static page" in Settings > Reading
sh -c "wp option update show_on_front page"

# Create 'Home' Page and set it as the static home page in Settings > Reading
sh -c "wp post create --post_type=page --post_title='Home' --post_status=publish --post_author=$admin_username --porcelain | xargs -I % wp option update page_on_front %"

# Create 'News' Page and set it as the static Posts page in Settings > Reading
sh -c "wp post create --post_type=page --post_title='News' --post_status=publish --post_author=$admin_username --porcelain | xargs -I % wp option update page_for_posts %"

# Create 'Contact' Page
echo ""
echo "🔸 Creating Contact page"
sh -c "wp post create --post_type=page --post_title='Contact Us' --post_status=publish --post_author=$admin_username --quiet "

echo ""
echo "##############"
echo "# Posts"
echo "##############"

echo ""
echo "🔸 Creating 16 Posts"
sh -c "wp post generate --count=16 --post_date='$post_timestamp'" 

Issues to fix

• need to add instructions in readme to install WP CLI and change mod to plus x
• posts are set to scheduled because they need to be created in the past
• only install plugins if no composer.json is in the folder
• remove update all themes
• still need to disable full screen mode