While this might be not the easiest task for a beginner, it is very well possible – with a little help from some plugins. In a similar scenario I would usually install WordPress under a subdomain. When everything is looking ok to launch, I would recommend to first (always!) make a backup of everything. You can … Read more
There’s not a correct order. Either way will work and results in a WordPress install that is secured with SSL. What makes sense in a situation, depends on the setup and workflow. If you can plan ahead, it’s optimal to set up the SSL on your server first. Because doing so, you don’t have to … Read more
The article you linked to covers everything you need to know. I will just clarify what you do not understand and what is outdated. Site Redirect The domain mapping is done through wordpress.com to do a 301 direct, which tells search engines that you have moved permanently to a new address. It is outdated now … Read more
Set server_name to the IP address, eg: server { listen 80; server_name 0.1.2.3; // other stuff } You could also leave it out, because the default in ngninx is an empty string. But then all those pieces in WordPress that don’t validate $_SERVER[‘SERVER_NAME’] and similar values … will just break. See ticket #25239 for the … Read more
If you have access to your host commandline and are running linux, why not pair wp_cli with a bash script. In this way you can have a fairly defined standard set of plugins to activate per install. wp plugin activate plugin_a wp plugin activate plugin_b wp plugin activate plugin_c Here’s a WP_CLI and YT demo … Read more
I’ve installed WordPress on my virtual server running Windows Server 2008 R2. Installation was easy, no troubles. I installed PHP using Web Platform Installer. PHP 5.3 performs well on IIS7 and you can also use WP super cache to increase performance. There haven’t been any downsides for me so far 🙂
Sure. wp_install_defaults() is a pluggable function. (As are wp_new_blog_notification() and wp_upgrade(), in case you ever need to override those too.) # in wp-config.php if ( defined(‘WP_INSTALLING’) && WP_INSTALLING ) { include_once dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/wp-content/install.php’; } # in wp-content/install.php function wp_install_defaults($user_id) { global $wpdb, $wp_rewrite, $current_site, $table_prefix; // do whatever you want here… }
The basic idea should work– change the prefix in both wp-config.php and in the database itself. What isn’t covered would be cases where the prefix is used in other contexts such as when used as part of a “meta” key. Those cases you would need to trace down one by one. You could also have … Read more
Searching for another thing, just stumbled upon this gem by @anmari 🙂 You have to put a Dropin plugin at the root of wp-content. Should be named install.php and contain a new version of the pluggable function wp_install_defaults. I used this gist for testing. And the only modification from the original function is the default … Read more
As I mentioned I was going to be start working on this need immediately so I’m making headway. Given that I’m knocking these down I figured it’s best to start posting them. Still, if someone else can/will post (some of) the parts I haven’t done I’ll be happy to let you copy whatever I’d done … Read more