@DD32 - Yeah, that sure is a problem. Who's to say the plugins you choose are the ones I want part of my install profile? I wonder if I could just paste direct links to plugins I want to have installed to WordPressQI and it would download and unpack them as part of the install process. Perhaps that would be the open ended answer to the problem?

@donnacha | WordSkill - Quite a few good points I agree with in terms of how install profiles should operate. It sounds to me like this idea has the potential to be built as a service which I think DD32 could easily turn WP QI into if he really wanted to with install profiles being part of a paid add-on or feature.