diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh
index bd4435dc2ff0..1619850e8a2a 100755
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/packages/generate.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
-#! nix-shell -I nixpkgs=../../../../.. -i bash -p wp4nix
+#!nix-shell -i bash -p wp4nix jq
 
 set -e
 set -u
 set -o pipefail
 set -x
 
+cd $(dirname "$0")
+
 nixFlags="--option experimental-features nix-command eval --raw --impure --expr"
+export NIX_PATH=nixpkgs=../../../../..
 export WP_VERSION=$(nix $nixFlags '(import <nixpkgs> {}).wordpress.version')
 
 PLUGINS=`cat wordpress-plugins.json | jq -r '.[]' | sed -z 's/\n/,/g;s/,$/\n/'`