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Install WordPress via SSH

Written by Bill EricksonPublished on December 8, 2011Updated on December 5, 2018

For more details, see http://code.garyjones.co.uk/install-wordpress-ssh/
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
tar zxf latest.tar.gz
cd wordpress
cp -rpf * ../
cd ../
rm -rf wordpress/
rm -f latest.tar.gz
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Bill Erickson

Bill Erickson is a freelance WordPress developer and a contributing developer to the Genesis framework. For the past 14 years he has worked with attorneys, publishers, corporations, and non-profits, building custom websites tailored to their needs and goals.

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