wordpress plugins

Not as far as I know. I've been using WordPress for a couple of years now and haven't ever come across a way to do that.

Maybe there's a product or plugin of some kind that you could get a developer to create for you to market. I'd certainly want a copy!

yes,

look into wpmanagerDX (wso here somewhere)..its a WP management software.

There are other ways to clone a site, but they are a little involved

Yes, it is possible to do this, but you need to dig in in and get your hands dirty with some PHP coding.

The way I've tackled it is to create a custom WP installation file that I can upload for every new site. This has the plugins included in the correct folders, along with alterations to the php files to make changes to common settings like categories or links, etc. Not everything is automated (you still have to hit the 'install' button to run the scripts), but the database is populated, plugins and themes are autoactivated.

The biggest challenge is finding out what each plugin does in the databse so you can make the changes to the installation file so you can configure the plugin as well as activate it. Each plugin has varying requirements so it's not a matter of developing a one size fits all solution.

For example, you can autoactivate the akismet plugin, but when you go into the WP dashboard, you still have to configure it to use your key. Other plugins are virtually config-free so as soon as you activate them, they do what they need to populate the database options. It depends entirely on the skill of the plugin developer.

You don't mention whether or not you're able to do any coding, but it's not that difficult and if you'd like some help, let me know.

I just have all of the plugins in a folder which I then FTP over to the new installation - then just activate them all. Doesn't take more than 10 minutes.

I am going to check out Marian's suggestion though as that could be even quicker, especially for those times when you want to make a number of sites with the same theme.

Have a look at this post: http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-interest.html

I've got a sample of a modified WP package with some of the defaults changed. It'll give you an idea of how to modify it so you can make certain changes 'permanent' to make future installations match your needs as closely as possible.

To test it out, download the package and ftp it the way you normally would (I'm working on a package that'll automate the uploading too) and see how the pre-prepared package already has certain changes in place so you don't have to spend ages reconfiguring your site.

Thanks for that, some sound advice, will try your autoinstaller Will, Regards, Mick

Here is another easy way that I do. I have what I call my 'WP Master' on my HD wich is basically the latest WP with all of my prefered bells & whistles loaded into the themes & plug ins. Then, when I want to create a blog, I just upload that one rather than using Fatastico or whatever.

I know then, when I go to make the blog, all the tools I need are already there.