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WordPress Setup

WordPress Setup is a script you can literally drop into your development environment (or live setup) that will, once run, automatically download the latest version of WordPress and create the database for you, so you can skip straight on to installing WordPress.

Watch the Demo

Requirements

PHP 5 or greater
MySQL 4.1.2 or greater
MySQL user with "CREATE DATABASE" privileges

Usage

Download and extract
Put the wp-setup.php script in your (development) root directory
Navigate to the script in your web browser
Insert the required information and sit back and wait for the magic to happen
Done

FAQ

Can't I just use WP Multisite?

Yes of course. But sometimes your development environment might restrict you from using WP multisite. For example if you use localhost with a port number (http://localhost:8080) you won't be able to install WP Multisite.

Or maybe you just want to use sepearte installations for each WP site. WordPress Setup makes that easy.

Why can't I have a "wordpress" directory in the same folder?

WordPress Setup works by downloading and extracting the latest version of WordPress to a folder called "wordpress" and then renames that folder to whatever name you chose for your installation. It does this because of the way WordPress is archived in the ZIP file (don't ask).