WPinstaller

WPinstaller is a Node.js CLI module that let you install easily WordPress CMS sites on your local PHP dev environment such as XAMPP, Wamp or MAMP

Installation

You can install this module globally or locally

Install globally

$ npm install -g wpinstaller

Install locally

$ npm install --save wpinstaller

Usage

globally

Enter to your htdocs folder

$ cd htdocs

Create and enter to your site directory

NOTE: A dir must be provided

$ mkdir my-wp-site && cd my-wp-site

Open your terminal and run wpinstaller command

$ wpinstaller

Or with npx

$ npx wpinstaller

Once you will run the wpinstaller command, a prompt configuration will be displayed in the terminal

Prompt config questions

Input	Description	Default
Site language	The language that the site will be displayed	EN
Database	The name of the database you want to use with WordPress. Database name is required! - If the database does not exist in your Database Service ( MySQL or MariaDB ) it will created automatically for you according to the Database name you will supply
User	Your database username such as root	root
User password	Your database password, no password required for root
Port	Wikipedia	8080
Host	You should be able to get this info from your web host	localhost
Prefix	If you want to run multiple WordPress installations in a single database	wp_
Site title	Your WordPress site title	Simple site title
Admin username	The username will be used for log in after the installation	admin
Admin password	The site admin password	123456
Admin email	The site admin email address	admin@wp.com

After a successful installation you will be able to access your site at:

e.g http://localhost:8080/my-wp-site

locally

const path = require('path');
const wpinstaller = require('wpinstaller');
const site_name = 'my-wp-site';
const site_directory = path.resolve( process.cwd(), site_name );

wpinstaller( site_directory )
  .then( status => {
    console.log( status );
    process.exit(0);
  })
  .catch( err => {
    console.error( err );
    process.exit(1);
  });

License

MIT