Script a WordPress Valet Install on macOS – bash/wp-cli/wp-cli-valet

By creating a bash script with wp-cli and wp-cli-valet commands on macOS you can create a streamlined and tailored WordPress install using Valet on your local development, this reduces repetitious tasks after a site installation – similar to a blueprint in other WP local developments.

The type of tasks may include:

• Adding and activating a theme
• Removing default themes
• Adding and activating plugins
• Removing default plugins
• Adding license keys for premium plugins
• Setting up WP Debug

First up is to have all the components installed: Valet, wp-cli and wp-cli-valet – then use a bash script which when added to your shell path can run and complete the WordPress installation in your sites folder which should be registered using the valet park command, see the linked article first.

#! bash script

#!/bin/bash
# Ref wp-cli-valet - https://github.com/aaemnnosttv/wp-cli-valet-command

# Set up Terminal styles
VP_NONE='\033[00m'
VP_RED='\033[01;31m'
VP_GREEN='\033[01;32m'
VP_YELLOW='\033[01;33m'
VP_PURPLE='\033[01;35m'
VP_CYAN='\033[01;36m'
VP_WHITE='\033[01;37m'
VP_BOLD='\033[1m'
VP_UNDERLINE='\033[4m'

# Change current directory to Sites
cd ~/Sites/

# Create WordPress site
wp valet new $1 --dbname="wp_$1" --dbuser="root" --dbpass="" --dbprefix="wp_" --admin_user="admin" --admin_password='password' --admin_email="[email protected]" --unsecure

# Site creation success message
echo -e "${VP_GREEN}Success:${VP_NONE} $1 created"

# Make https - I have hashed this as I want it non-https
# valet secure $1

# Navigate to themes directory
cd ~/Sites/
cd $1/wp-content/themes

# Copy all the content from my folder ~ this has themes and plugins which will be moved into place further down in the script
cp -a ~/Sites/zips/*.zip .
unzip '*.zip'
rm -rf __MACOSX/
rm *.zip

# Clone my GitHub Theme & Gulp Task runner
git clone https://github.com/yourname/mytheme.git mytheme
cd mytheme
rm -rf .git/
git clone https://github.com/yourname/gulptasker.git geegulp
mv gulptasker/gulpfile.js .
mv gulptasker/package.json .
rm -rf gulptasker/

# Activate my theme
wp theme activate mytheme

# Delete 2015, 2016, 2017 WordPress Default Themes
wp theme delete twentyfifteen twentysixteen twentyseventeen

# Navigate to plugins directory
cd ~/Sites/
cd $1/wp-content/plugins

# Copy all the content from my premium plugin folder 
cp  ../themes/lib/plugins/premium-plugin1.zip .
cp  ../themes/lib/plugins/premium-plugin2.zip .
unzip '*.zip'
rm -rf __MACOSX/
rm *.zip

# Delete Hello Dolly - (but keeping Akismet)
wp plugin delete hello
#wp plugin delete akismet

# Update all plugins
wp plugin update --all

# Activate all plugins
wp plugin activate --all

# Register my Beaver
wp beaver register --license=XXXXXXXX

# Launch the site in default browser ?
valet open $1

The only variable in the script  is $1 ~ which is the sitename and its value is passed in when you run the script on the command line – so if the script is called wpcreate.sh you would run in the Terminal in the Sites directory

wpcreate mynewsite

This will execute the script and pass in the value you gave to all instances of $1 in the script.

Setting Up Constants in wp-config.php

To add license keys for plugins and other WP constants in the wp-config.php file – you can do so in the config.yml file in your home directory filed as so in the following:

/Users/yourname/.wp-cli/config.yml

Your config file can be something like…

valet new:
  admin_user: admin
  admin_password: "password"
  admin_email: [email protected]
  locale: en_AU
  # Subcommand defaults (e.g. `wp config create`)
config create:
    dbuser: root
    dbpass: 
    extra-php: |
        define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
        define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
        define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', true );
        @ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );
        define( 'WPCOM_API_KEY', 'XXXXX' );
        define( 'GF_LICENSE_KEY', 'XXXXX' );

So as well as the WP Admin credentials, the locale is set and Debug preferences set as well as two license keys for Akismet and Gravity Forms.

So now the WordPress install is more complete and has less administrative work to do saving you more time.
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