Last month WPStar launched WPZipper.com, a site that lets you generate a fresh WordPress installation with all the WordPress plugins that you want or create a “plugins only” installation zip file. WPZipper makes life more easier for WordPress users. Since the initial launch of the project, there have been a total of 100,000+ downloads.

During the weekend, I received an email from Noah Coffey, the man behind this project informing me about the new version of the site WPZipper.com that would be officially launched today, June 8th. Aside from the new site layout and design, here are a few changes:

The biggest change or addition to the site is that it now includes WordPress themes. Previously, users can only generate WordPress and plugins installs but now you can include your favorite themes. WPZipper has around 3,000 themes to choose from and more themes would be added in the coming days.

Another change is the user accounts and “virtual installs”. Users can register and create a free account and then save their custom WordPress configurations as “virtual installs”. The purpose of this feature is to help users save time and effort. These “virtual installs” can be accessed and downloaded anytime so users won’t have to search and build their install from scratch each time.

Future plans for the site include a feature that would alert users whenever WordPress plugins or themes that they use have been updated.

What are you waiting for check out WPZipper.com!

From WPStar comes the WPZipper, a cool new site that lets you generate a fresh WordPress installation with all the WordPress plugins that you want or create a “plugins only” installation zip file. WPZipper makes life more easier for WordPress users.

Why WPStar created WPZipper:

I created wpzipper because I find myself installing WordPress quite often. Every time, I have to go digging for the right plugins, download them all, unzip them, then upload them to my server. If you use a lot of plugins, this can be quite time consuming.

WPZipper makes it a lot easier to install WordPress and WordPress plugins coz it saves you time looking for every single plugin. With WPZipper, you get all the plugins that you need from one place. I’m sure many WordPress users will be happy to know about this and will find this site very useful.

Personally, I’m not sure if I’m gonna use WPZipper. I think there’s a concern for security as I would want to make sure that the WordPress installation file that I use comes directly from WordPress.org and not from any other site especially after the incident with WordPress 2.1.1. If there’s a way to validate the source of the installation file, then I might change my mind. But inspite of that, I still think that this is a great service and kudos to WPStar for coming up with this idea.

Check out WPZipper.