Absurd: The WordPress Mangler

Managing WordPress installations can be a pain, especially for those people who host more than one instance. For this reason, WPM was created.

Downloads are at GitHub

Features in brief

rename -- change the domain name of a WordPress install
copy -- copy a WordPress install from one domain and doc root to another
install -- install WordPress to a given doc root

can install with FTP sockets or Direct as the FS_METHOD

update -- update a WordPress installation

can optionally also update plugins
can optionally run a backup first

permission set -- if using FTP sockets for file access set sane permissions
delete -- delete a WordPress installation

can optionally run a backup first

backup -- backup a WordPress installation

can optionally skip compression
can optionally delete older backups
can optionally skip the uploads directory

password -- change a WordPress user's password

default is to change password for 10 minutes and then revert
can optionally set permanently with duration of zero

search -- search a server for WordPress installations

generates a list that can be modified for use with mangle

mangle -- find and auto-update any WordPress install on a server

can optionally skip the search and use pre-existing search results

verify -- check a WordPress installation

can optionally compare via md5 sum every file present to files downloaded from wordpress.org
can optionally run backup first
can optionally replace files that mismatch md5
can optionally virus scan
replace will also trigger a removal of infected files

This tool started life as two separate scripts in 2013. One of these handled installations of WordPress, and the other one handled backups of those installations. I needed such tools, because I was working at a webhost and everyone was starting to use WordPress for everything. These tools later were merged into a single tool, and that single tool started quickly gaining features. It then became apparent that this tool should actually be managed and developed in a more serious way, and development moved off of my workstation to a private git repo. The tool gained a config file, a makefile for installation, and help text for new sysadmins at the company. I have long since ceased my employment with that company, and that company now no longer exists, but the tool remains.

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