diff --git a/bin/circle-deploy-issues b/bin/circle-deploy-issues
index 8923ade7..0cf6a053 100755
--- a/bin/circle-deploy-issues
+++ b/bin/circle-deploy-issues
@@ -3,17 +3,10 @@
 set -e
 set -o pipefail
 
+source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/circle-functions"
+
 source "$STATE"
 
-go get github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
-cd /home/ubuntu/src/github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
-git checkout v1.0.0
-cd cmd/wordepress
-go get
-
-cd $SRCDIR
-bin/publish-site "$WP_DEV_URL" "$WP_DEV_USER" "$WP_DEV_PASSWORD"
-
 site_changes() {
     curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/weaveworks/weave/pulls/$1/files |
         jq -r '.[]|.status + " " + .filename' |
@@ -40,6 +33,11 @@ post_comment() {
             https://api.github.com/repos/weaveworks/weave/issues/$GH_PR/comments > /dev/null
 }
 
+install_wordepress v1.0.0
+
+cd $SRCDIR
+bin/publish-site "$WP_DEV_URL" "$WP_DEV_USER" "$WP_DEV_PASSWORD"
+
 if [ -n "$WP_GH_COMMENT_TOKEN" -a -n "$GH_PR" ] ; then
     echo ">>> Adding doc changelog to GitHub PR $GH_PR"
     if CHANGES=$(site_changes $GH_PR) && [ -n "$CHANGES" ] ; then
diff --git a/bin/circle-deploy-master b/bin/circle-deploy-master
index 2827ad91..14b484cb 100755
--- a/bin/circle-deploy-master
+++ b/bin/circle-deploy-master
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
+source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/circle-functions"
+
 source "$STATE"
 
 if [ -z "$SKIP_TESTS" ] ; then
@@ -11,11 +13,7 @@ if [ -z "$SKIP_TESTS" ] ; then
     make publish
 fi
 
-go get github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
-cd /home/ubuntu/src/github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
-git checkout v1.0.0
-cd cmd/wordepress
-go get
+install_wordepress v1.0.0
 
 cd $SRCDIR
 bin/publish-site "$WP_DEV_URL" "$WP_DEV_USER" "$WP_DEV_PASSWORD"
diff --git a/bin/circle-deploy-release b/bin/circle-deploy-release
index ce2e9eb5..1e29a2fe 100755
--- a/bin/circle-deploy-release
+++ b/bin/circle-deploy-release
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@
 
 set -e
 
+source "$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")/circle-functions"
+
 source "$STATE"
 
-go get github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
-cd /home/ubuntu/src/github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
-git checkout v1.0.0
-cd cmd/wordepress
-go get
+install_wordepress v1.0.0
 
 cd $SRCDIR
 bin/publish-site "$WP_LIVE_URL" "$WP_LIVE_USER" "$WP_LIVE_PASSWORD"
diff --git a/bin/circle-functions b/bin/circle-functions
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ed249cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/circle-functions
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+install_wordepress() {
+    go get github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
+    cd /home/ubuntu/src/github.com/weaveworks/wordepress
+    git checkout $1
+    cd cmd/wordepress
+    go get
+}