Roll a New MAMP WordPress Install Quickly With This Shell Script

As I outlined in my previous post on my WordPress development process, I’ve become quite fond of staying in the command line when creating new WordPress installs in MAMP.

I decided to combine the most common, repetitive steps of the process into one useful shell script that:

1. Creates a new directory (and lets me name it)
2. Downloads WordPress from GitHub and checks out whatever version I tell it to
3. Creates a new database (and lets me name it) and gives the MySQL user proper permissions
4. Generates my security keys and adds them to wp-config.php
5. Adds my database name, username, and password to wp-config.php
6. Opens up wp-admin/install.php and lets me complete installation

Check it out on GitHub, download for your own use, or fork it to customize it for your process.