Create a custom WP install with plugins, theme etc already installed?

If you have access to your host commandline and are running linux, why not pair wp_cli with a bash script. In this way you can have a fairly defined standard set of plugins to activate per install. 

wp plugin activate plugin_a
wp plugin activate plugin_b
wp plugin activate plugin_c

Here’s a WP_CLI and YT demo video:

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