DDEV WordPress Automation

A shell script to automate the creation and configuration of WordPress development environments using DDEV.

Features

• Interactive project setup with input validation
• Configurable PHP version
• Optional Adminer database management addon
• Automated WordPress core installation
• Theme and plugin management (removes default themes/plugins, installs Twenty Twenty-Five)
• Configurable WordPress settings:
  • Security configurations (disable file editing, automatic updates)
  • Performance optimizations (script/CSS compression, GZIP)
  • Timezone and date settings
  • Discussion and comment settings
  • Permalink structure
• Optional theme unit test data import
• Optional automatic snapshots on project stop
• HTTPS configuration

Prerequisites

• DDEV installed and working
• Shell environment (bash, sh, zsh, etc.)

Usage

./automate-ddev.sh

Follow the interactive prompts to configure your WordPress project:

1. Project name - Letters, numbers, and hyphens only
2. PHP version - Leave blank for default or specify a version
3. Adminer addon - Database management tool (default: Yes)
4. Snapshot on stop - Automatic backups when stopping the project (default: No)
5. Site title - Display name for your WordPress site
6. Admin username - WordPress administrator username
7. Admin password - WordPress administrator password (default: password)
8. Change WordPress options - Apply preferred WordPress settings (default: Yes)
9. Change page settings - Configure default pages and posts (default: Yes)
10. Install test data - Import WordPress theme unit test data (default: No)

Default Configurations

WordPress Config Settings

• Automatic updates disabled
• File editing disabled in dashboard
• Script and CSS compression enabled
• GZIP compression enabled
• Memory limit: 256M
• Environment type: development

WordPress Options (if enabled)

• Timezone: America/New_York
• Week starts on: Sunday
• RSS uses excerpts
• Search engine visibility: discouraged
• Pingbacks: disabled
• Comments: closed by default, moderation required
• Permalinks: /%postname%/

Default Pages (if enabled)

• Creates "Home" and "Articles" pages
• Sets Home as front page and Articles as posts page
• Renames "Uncategorized" category to "General"
• Renames default privacy policy page

Default Credentials

• Admin email: admin@{projectname}.site
• Admin password: password (configurable during setup)

Project Access

After successful setup, the script automatically launches the WordPress admin dashboard at:

https://{projectname}.ddev.site/wp-admin/

Planned Features

• Add more options for the WordPress installation
• All-in-one DDEV management functionality

License

This project is provided as-is for development purposes.