deploy.rb

# simple capistrano task for wordpress deploy
# just replace the content to fit your app path and names
# and run cap deploy:setup && cap deploy
# you can also run a cap wordpress:upload_config to copy the local config-sample.php to remote shared folder
# warning: this recipe don't create the database

# APP SETTINGS
set :application, "your_app_name"
set :domain_name , "yourdomain.com.br"

# GIT SETTINGS
set :scm, :git
set :repository,  "."
set :branch, "master"
set :deploy_via, :copy
set :copy_cache, true

# SSH SETTINGS
set :user , "your_ssh_user"
set :deploy_to, "/home/your/app/path/in/server/#{application}"
set :shared_directory, "#{deploy_to}/shared"
set :use_sudo, false
set :group_writable, false
default_run_options[:pty] = true

# ROLES
role :web, domain_name

set :shared_wordpress, "#{shared_path}/wordpress"

set :wp_content, ["wp-content/avatars",
                  "wp-content/uploads",
                  "wp-content/cache",
                  "wp-content/ads"]

after 'deploy:setup'   , 'wordpress:setup'
after 'deploy:symlink' , 'wordpress:update'

namespace :deploy do
  [:start, :stop, :restart].each do |t|
    desc "#{t} task is a no-op with php"
    task t, :roles => :app do ; end
  end
end

namespace :wordpress do

  desc "Setup application symlinks in the public"
  task :setup, :roles => [:web] do
    wp_content.each do |folder| 
      run "mkdir -p #{shared_wordpress}/#{folder}" 
    end
  end

  desc "Link wp-content to shared folder"
  task :update, :roles => [:web] do
    wp_content.each do |folder| 
      run "rm -rf #{current_path}/#{folder}"       
      run "ln -nfs #{shared_wordpress}/#{folder} #{current_path}/#{folder}" 
    end
    
    run("rm -f #{current_path}/wp-config.php")
    run("ln -nfs #{shared_wordpress}/wp-config.php #{current_path}/wp-config.php")
  end

  desc "upload wp-config.php"
  task :upload_config do
    upload File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "..", "wp-config-sample.php"), "#{shared_wordpress}/wp-config.php"
    run "ln -nfs #{shared_wordpress}/wp-config.php #{current_path}/wp-config.php"
  end

end