Uploaded September 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Download and unzip Wordpress directly to your web server in less then 30 seconds using a couple command lines.

1. You'll need shell access to your web server. Start off by connecting to your server via shell.
2. Once connected to your server run the command: wget wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz
3. The first command downloaded the latest.tar.gz file unto your server, you'll now need to unzip it using the following command: tar -xzvf latest.tar.gz. Wordpress is now downloaded and unzipped unto your server!

Article: giancarlocolfer.com/blog/download-wordpress-directly-to-web-server-using-wget/29