I don't like repeating myself.

cd httpdocs
git clone git://github.com/kennethreitz/wordpress-skeleton.git .
git submodule init
git submodule update

• WordPress installed in /blog/, but will serve site from /

• Robust wp-config.php

  • Built to support dev+ops environments w/ debugging
  • Default FTP connection info for installing/updating/deleting components

• Ready to go .htaccess

  • Enables mod_rewrite for pretty urls
  • Gzip compression for most requests
  • Adds reasonable upload file-sizes

• Ready to go robots.txt

  • No robots on /archive/ pages
  • No robots on /category/ pages
  • No robots on /tag/ pages

• Example /external.php for dipping into WordPress API from external PHP

• KennethReitz's Wordpress Theme Skeleton
• Jumpchart's Content Wireframing Theme

• After the Deadline (Spelling and grammar checking)
• Akismet (Comment spam destroyer)
• Collabpress (Project tracking + task management within backend)
• CoreyLib (Universal API parser + cache)
• Disable Updates (I got sick of client sites breaking on updates)
• Disqus Commenting System (Socialize your site)
• Extra Feed Links (Semantics are everything)
• Front End Editor (Beautiful plugin for editing a page/post's content on the spot)
• Google Sitemap Generator (Google wants the latest)
• Markdown Extra 1.2.4 (I don't like typing HTML all the time)
• More Fields (No more ugly custom fields + custom post/page types)
• PageMash (Content-heavy sites can be cumbersome)
• PushPress (Support for PubSubHubbub)
• Redirection (They are called permalinks for a reason)
• Role Manager (Turns WordPress into a real CMS)
• Shopp (The total ecommerce package)
• Tantan S3 (Amazon S3 for WordPress uploads)
• Twitter Tools (AutoPost to Twitter when a post goes live. Soon to be replaced with Salsa )
• Clippy Syntax Highlighter (GeSHi + Clippy from GitHub for one-click copying of code)
• WP-Dummy Content (Fills your WordPress installation w/ dummy content)
• WP-Minify (Fantastic Auto minification plugin w/ cacheing)
• WP-Super Cache (Very robust plugin for cacheing Posts and/or Pages)
• WP-Touch (One click lazy man's iPhone support)

• Salsa: Facebook and Twitter updates for WordPress

Enjoy :)