Boilerplate to Brilliance: Automating Your WordPress Project Setup

Managing multiple websites across departments, colleges, and initiatives can turn WordPress development into a repetitive and error-prone process. In this session, we’ll show how to build a custom boilerplate setup using shell scripts, WP-CLI, and Webpack to rapidly spin up consistent, secure, and scalable WordPress environments. Whether you're supporting marketing sites, academic programs, or internal tools, this approach helps higher ed teams standardize their development process, reduce technical debt, and onboard new developers faster.