diff --git a/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml b/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
index a64758d63..fb56f886b 100644
--- a/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/wordpress/tasks/install.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 #    state: present
 #  when: php_version is version('8.0', '<')
 
+- name: Delete {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz if it exists
+  file:
+    path: "{{ downloads_dir }}"/wordpress.tar.gz
+    state: absent
+
 - name: Download {{ wordpress_download_base_url }}/{{ wordpress_src }} to {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz
   command: wget {{ wordpress_download_base_url }}/{{ wordpress_src }} -O {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz
   # 2022-05-04: Ansible approach below (get_url) fails with HTTP Error 429
@@ -58,15 +63,15 @@
 #     state: link
 #   when: wp_download_output.dest is defined
 
-- name: Does {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz link exist?
+- name: Does {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz exist?
   stat:
     path: "{{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz"    # /opt/iiab/downloads
-  register: wp_link
+  register: wp_tar_gz
 
 - name: FAIL (force Ansible to exit) IF {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz doesn't exist
   fail:
     msg: "{{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz is REQUIRED in order to install WordPress."
-  when: not wp_link.stat.exists
+  when: not wp_tar_gz.stat.exists
 
 - name: "Unpack {{ downloads_dir }}/wordpress.tar.gz to permanent location {{ wp_install_path }}/wordpress - owner: root, group: {{ apache_user }}, mode: '0664', keep_newer: yes"
   unarchive: