System Launch: Automated WordPress Multi-Site Management

Overview

Implement comprehensive WordPress deployment automation with LAMP server support, eliminating manual setup and enabling programmatic content management across multiple sites and environments.

Core Features

Automated Deployment System

  • Fully automated WordPress installation using WP-CLI
  • Zero-click deployment with automatic database creation
  • Support for local and remote LAMP servers
  • Apache VirtualHost configuration with port-based access
  • Automatic theme activation and content generation

Key Capabilities

WordPress Automation

  • Install WordPress without browser wizard
  • Auto-configure wp-config.php with database credentials
  • Automatically activate themes and set permalinks
  • Generate initial content from JSON configuration
  • Delete default WordPress content automatically

Multi-Environment Support

  • Development (port 8000+), Staging (9000+), Production (10000+)
  • Each environment gets isolated database and WordPress installation
  • Port-based Apache VirtualHosts for clean URL access

Content Generation

  • Status site auto-generates from project data
  • Sites list automatically synced from config files
  • Deployment history tracked and displayed
  • Feature tracking across all sites

Database Management

  • Automatic database creation with proper users/permissions
  • MySQL unix_socket authentication support
  • Bidirectional sync with automatic URL updates
  • Automatic backups before sync operations

Apache Configuration

  • Auto-generate VirtualHost config files
  • Configure ports.conf automatically
  • Enable mod_rewrite and set AllowOverride All
  • Proper DocumentRoot setup for each site

Scripts Created

Deployment Scripts (8 files)

  • auto-deploy-local.sh – Local LAMP automated deployment
  • auto-deploy-remote.sh – Remote LAMP automated deployment
  • deploy-automated.sh – Master deployment orchestrator
  • configure-apache.sh – Apache VirtualHost configuration
  • create-database-local.sh / remote.sh – Database creation
  • deploy-lamp-local.sh / remote.sh – Manual LAMP deployment

Content Management (5 files)

  • generate-wp-content.sh – Generate content from project data
  • update-wp-content.sh / local.sh – Update based on deployments
  • add-site.js – Interactive site creation
  • add-feature.js – Add features to sites

Sync & Maintenance (10 files)

  • sync-database.sh – Bidirectional database sync
  • sync-uploads.sh – Bidirectional uploads sync
  • install-wpcli.sh – WP-CLI installation utility
  • cleanup-wp-content.sh – Clean WordPress content
  • fix-permalinks.sh – Fix permalink issues
  • fix-wpcli-cache.sh – Fix WP-CLI cache permissions
  • write-htaccess.sh – Manually write .htaccess
  • diagnose-permalinks.sh – Comprehensive diagnostics
  • show-post-urls.sh – Display and test URLs
  • check-remote-deployment.sh – Remote diagnostics

Example Usage

Deploy status-site locally:

./scripts/deploy/deploy-automated.sh status-site dev local

Deploy to remote server:

./scripts/deploy/deploy-automated.sh status-site dev remote 192.168.1.91 username

Sync content:

./scripts/sync/sync-database.sh status-site dev pull 192.168.1.91 username

Access site: http://localhost:8000


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