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Allow easier installation of WordPress #7

Open matiasilva opened 3 years ago

matiasilva commented 3 years ago

Project/idea summary

Facilitate the installation of WordPress on the SRCF via a 1-click deploy on the control panel and a command line script for those who so choose.

Motivation

Current problem

The sysadmins must deal with compromised installs, folks get private details leaked and users get a scare, potentially discouraging them from playing around because their instance of WordPress was hacked. I suspect many will just label "manually installing things" as "not for them".

In line with an issue I saw in the OCF and us having discussed this in #hackday, I strongly believe that an easier path to installing WordPress would benefit our user base and cause the current sysadmin team less headaches.

Pros:

My motivation in this last point is that a fraction of users who do install WordPress might be curious into learning more and might one day donate or become volunteers. We've already seen that even technically-skilled people install WordPress so I wouldn't dismiss this idea too quickly.

Alternatives considered

CHTJonas commented 3 years ago

Have we discussed this sufficiently over the last 5 months to close as WONTFIX?