Comments on: Custom WordPress Installation

By: Jeremy Weiss

Jeremy Weiss — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:06:27 +0000

I was actually wondering the same thing… this is WAY useful stuff. And I wouldn’t mind being able to create my own custom installs… Very cool though!

By: Manchester Web Design

Manchester Web Design — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:16:31 +0000

This a nice post however i do disagree with some of it, default pages are there to show a template working correctly and allow relative newbies (which lets face it is who mainly uses WP without doing install edits) to see how a template will work completely without needing to spend time adding content.

the revision thing i don’t find as overkill especially if your allowing clients to edit the content, ok hide it from them in the backend so they can’t play with it but it is needed, and as for your theory on does it bloat the DB well it may increase its size but it doesn’t slow it down and if you have your own server or a relatively nice host the space doesnt matter, further than that unless your site is unduly large with lots of edits this point is irrelevant my seo blog site is 2 years old with over 100 posts each of which has multiple edits as do all the pages … the db is still only 3mb … im not sure if you fill your db with rubbish or what but this point is irrelevant.

By: Lonnie Facey

Lonnie Facey — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:43:40 +0000

Thanks Teli. I never cared of these stuffs about WP. I like to ask you one thing. I created a blog last week. I like to make it dofollow. I don’t know its dofollow or no follow by default. If it is no follow, I like to make it do follow to promote other websites. How to do that?

By: sam

sam — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:06:50 +0000

Nice work. But agreed with Matt, please more closely write about every tweak.

By: Stephen Chua

Stephen Chua — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:45:29 +0000

WP 2.8.4 has the privacy set to invisible to search engine. Have to manually reset it to visible. Not sure if the latest version has the same problem. FYI.

By: Porter

Porter — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:37:33 +0000

I completely agree with the above. There’s so much to wordpress that needs to be changed after a fresh install. I still find it amazing that the permalinks are defaulted as they are, everyone who knows anything about SEO changes them right off. Thanks for sharing the files as well, I don’t need them, but it’s a nice gesture for you to share it with others, kudos.

By: Glenn Haggard

Glenn Haggard — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:56:01 +0000

Didn’t know that this was possible. At the moment, I don’t do enough WordPress installs to need this. But, this is great to know in case I get to that level. Thanks!

By: Scaffold Towers

Scaffold Towers — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 12:32:07 +0000

That’s fantastic, thankyou!

I love wordpress but do wonder sometimes why they don’t take some of the annoying idiosynchrosies & make them easier & more convenient – just like you’ve done!

Have you offered this to wordpress?

By: noahfischer7971

noahfischer7971 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:55:54 +0000

This is an excellent topic. You gathered lots of informations and tips. I believe they will help for the users. But the details procedure of making customizations would be great. thanks

By: David James

David James — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:46:41 +0000

I’ve just installed for my site and always make a bunch of post-installation changes. Can you post the methods what you did to make the customizations?