Cristian Beckerle

This plugin is an improvement to the current WordPress plugin installation methods. It allows you to install one or more plugins simply by typing their names or download URLs in a textarea.
All credit goes to improvingtheweb. This plugin is only a modification of <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/improved-plugin-installation/" rel="ugc">Improved Plugin Installation</a>. The idea was to run the original plugin in the newer versions of WordPress. That’s it. Also, we cut off the bookmarklet feature.
Thank you very much for the contributions: <a href="https://profiles.wordpress.org/drewapicture/" rel="nofollow ugc">drewapicture</a>
Example
The installation form will accept any of these inputs:
<ul>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/</li>
<li>https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/contact-form-7.3.3.2.zip</li>
</ul>
Plugins don’t need to be hosted at wordpress.org. As long as you use the direct download URL, third party plugins will install without a problem.

Bulk Plugin Installation

Allows you to install one or more plugins simply by typing their names or download URLs in a textarea.

Shannon Black

Automates the entire process for migrating your wordpress install from a test/development/source to the live/destination domain. Also allows the ignoring of certain files/directories not needed to upload (e.g /cache, /.git, /.svn /.gitignore etc etc).
Here’s a list of what is accomplished during an automated deployment:
<ul>
<li>If supported, archives the entire wordpress installation for compressed upload</li>
<li>Checks the file permissions</li>
<li>Uploads either the archive or each individual file</li>
<li>An uploaded archive is then extracted server side</li>
<li>Uploading each individual file is maximized by upload speed by asynchronously uploading up to 10 files</li>
<li>You can choose to ignore a list of folders or files for the upload – example cache folder or repository folders</li>
<li>Dumps/Exports your entire database and uploads it to the live server</li>
<li>Automatically switches old URL with the new URL</li>
<li>Automatically updates the wp-config.php accordingly</li>
<li>Flushes wordpress rewrite rules</li>
</ul>
If you are scared about the automated transfer and wish to do it manually, then just download the MySQL dump with the updated URL.
Disclaimer: Please backup any files or mysql tables on the live server. Although Live Server Deploy aims to provide a seamless deploy, we cannot guarantee that nothing unexpected can happen that might damage your content. Use at own risk.

WP Live Server Deploy

Automates the entire process for migrating your wordpress install from a test/development/source server to the live/destination server.

Bulk Plugin Installation vs WP Live Server Deploy