diff --git a/templates/wordpress-composer/files/.platform.app.yaml b/templates/wordpress-composer/files/.platform.app.yaml
index 9ef453cf5..92bb30fa5 100644
--- a/templates/wordpress-composer/files/.platform.app.yaml
+++ b/templates/wordpress-composer/files/.platform.app.yaml
@@ -31,17 +31,21 @@ hooks:
         set -e
         # Copy manually-provided plugins into the plugins directory.
         # This allows manually-provided and composer-provided plugins to coexist.
-        rsync -a plugins/* wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
+        rsync -a plugins/ wordpress/wp-content/plugins/
 
     # The deploy hook is run after the app container has been started, but before it has started accepting requests.
     # More information: https://docs.platform.sh/create-apps/hooks/hooks-comparison.html#deploy-hook
     deploy: |
-        # Flushes the object cache which might have changed between current production and newly deployed changes
-        wp cache flush
-        # Runs the WordPress database update procedure in case core is being updated with the newly deployed changes
-        wp core update-db
-        # Runs all cron events that are due now and may have come due during the build+deploy procedure
-        wp cron event run --due-now
+        if [ $(wp core is-installed) ]; then
+            # Flushes the object cache which might have changed between current production and newly deployed changes
+            wp cache flush
+            # Runs the WordPress database update procedure in case core is being updated with the newly deployed changes
+            wp core update-db
+            # Runs all cron events that are due now and may have come due during the build+deploy procedure
+            wp cron event run --due-now
+        else
+            echo "WordPress is not installed. Skipping deploy steps."
+        fi
 
 # The relationships of the application with services or other applications.
 # The left-hand side is the name of the relationship as it will be exposed
@@ -107,6 +111,11 @@ mounts:
         source: local
         source_path: "uploads"
 
+# More information: https://docs.platform.sh/create-apps/app-reference.html#extensions
+runtime:
+    extensions:
+        - blackfire
+
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