My business is building and establishing websites for all kinds of businesses and companies. So, every time I start a new site for a client of mine, I have to install the same plugins over and over again. Is there a way to automate this? I mean, set up a "manifest" of needed plugins and run it on a site, then it will automatically install (and activate) all the plugins in the list. There used to be a plugin called "Install Profiles", but it is very (!) old and not updated (latest WP version supported is 3.x)...
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Check out TGM-Plugin-Activation plugin.
TGM Plugin Activation is a PHP library that allows you to easily require or recommend plugins for your WordPress themes (and plugins). It allows your users to install and even automatically activate plugins in singular or bulk fashion using native WordPress classes, functions and interfaces. You can reference pre-packaged plugins, plugins from the WordPress Plugin Repository or even plugins hosted elsewhere on the internet.
