Install WordPress via SSH

wp-via-ssh.el

1. SSH, then navigate to your domain’s web root (example path for serverpilot managed server)
/srv/users/serverpilot/apps/myapp/public

2. Get the latest WP install
wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

3. Unpack the archive
tar zxf latest.tar.gz

4. Navigate to the wordpress directory
cd wordpress

5. Copy everything back up to the web root
cp -rpf * ../

6. Navigate back up to web root
cd ../

7. Remove the wordpress subfolder
rm -rf wordpress/

8. Remove the downloaded archive file
rm -f latest.tar.gz