Many people would like to try the very latest WordPress developments, which are usually available via the WordPress SVN server. But not everybody is able to use SVN, and of course nobody will bother to scrape the files together via the the web SVN interface.

So I’ve set up a little script on this server that will create a package of the latest SVN code once an hour and make it available for download. The files will be found under the following URLs:

http://www.zirona.com/download/wpsvn/wpsvn.zip
http://www.zirona.com/download/wpsvn/wpsvn.tar.gz
http://www.zirona.com/download/wpsvn/md5sums
http://www.zirona.com/download/wpsvn/current_revision

The packages are to be installed just as a regular WordPress package. You can also use it to upgrade an existing WP installation; note however that it’s not recommended to run development code on production sites.

You can download the script itself, too:
http://zirona.com/download/wpsvn/wpsvn.sh

Enjoy!

Btw, if you just want to see the latest WP without installing it, you can view the development version (especially the admin area) at Chris Johnston’s test site.

P.S. (06.03.2008, 15:40 CET): I just learnt that you can download a trunk snapshot from WP Trac directly. Therefore, this service appears a bit needless now. Anyway, I’m keeping it online; it doesn’t hurt me or my server, and maybe it serves a purpose for somebody.