One-click generation of WordPress sites, for quick spin-up development and testing without configuration. All through the power of WP-CLI!
This is not intended to be used in a production environment.
Pre-made setups can be found on the releases page, as
wordpress-generator-x.x.zip. Simply extract into the root of your desired web
directory, rename .env.example to .env and configure as desired.
There is also a Docker image available for this project, which is a more efficient way to set up if you have used Docker before.
The system will work with either MySQL or MariaDB. On loading the homepage, the system will check the database credentials given, and setup the necessary tables once connection has been established.
A cron/task needs to be set to hit the following URL on a regular basis for the automatic features to run.
<root web address>/controls.php?control=cron
Each site created is given a 60-day timer, which can be extended. Once you're happy with your changes, the site can be exported. Alternatively, if all goes wrong and you've invented an absolute horror, simply click delete and 💨!
You can also import certain sites into the Generator. The generator supports non-multisite imports from 1.3b and beyond exports, and Duplicator packages. It's a new beta function, so your mileage may vary with this feature.
Each site will be given a small must-use plugin that maintains a link back to the generator. This brings the generator email settings into the site, and adds a small admin bar option to head back. This automatically detects if it is within the generator, and will disable itself if the site is moved outside.
Within assets/wordpress you can place themes and plugins (regular and must-use
) that will be added into each newly generated site.