Getting Started with WP-CLI, a tool to automate your life
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WP-CLI is a command-line tool for managing WordPress installations, allowing users to perform tasks like updating plugins, managing themes, and running database operations without a web browser. It requires a Unix-like environment and PHP 5.3.29 or later, along with detailed installation and usage instructions. The document provides various commands for managing WordPress core, themes, plugins, cron tasks, media, database, options, users, cache, and posts.
Getting Started with WP-CLI, a tool to automate your life
- 1. Getting Started with WP-CLI, a tool to automate your life @ajmorris
- 2. What is it? WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, configure multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser. Recently has been brought under the WordPress project. Current Maintainer: Daniel Bachhuber @ajmorris
- 3. Command-Line say What?!? Don’t fear the command-line! @ajmorris
- 4. What type of tools can I use? • Download, install, update and manage WordPress core • Install, Activate, Deactivate WordPress themes and plugins • Manage WP-Cron events and schedules • Manage Attachment • Manage and backup Database @ajmorris
- 5. What type of tools can I use? • Perform basic database operations • Publish posts • User Management: Add, Remove, Update Roles • Manage Comments • And it’s extendable @ajmorris
- 6. Requirements • UNIX-like environment (OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Cygwin) • PHP 5.3.29 or later • WordPress 3.7 or later @ajmorris
- 7. Install WP-Cli $ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/ builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar $ php wp-cli.phar -- info $ chmod +x wp-cli.phar $ sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp @ajmorris
- 9. Local Development Varying Vagrant Vagrants - http://ajmorris.us/WPVVV Local by Flywheel - http://ajmorris.us/localflywheel Docker - http://ajmorris.us/wdocker DockerWP - http://ajmorris.us/DockerWP WP Docker - http://ajmorris.us/wp-docker @ajmorris
- 10. Install WordPress $ wp core download $ wp core install --url=world.com --title=Doman --admin_user=somethinglong --admin_password=strongpassword [email protected] @ajmorris
- 11. Manage Themes $ wp theme $ wp theme search $ wp theme list $ wp theme activate <theme_name> @ajmorris
- 12. Manage Themes $ wp theme status <theme_name> $ wp theme update $ wp theme is-installed $ wp theme path @ajmorris
- 13. Manage Plugins $ wp plugin list $ wp plugin install <plugin-slug> $ wp plugin activate <plugin-slug> $ wp plugin update <plugin-slug> @ajmorris
- 14. Manage Plugins $ wp plugin list --update=available $ wp plugin list --fields=name,version @ajmorris
- 15. Manage Cron Tasks $ wp cron event list $ wp cron event schedule <hook> <next-run> <recurrence> $ wp cron event delete <hook> @ajmorris
- 16. Media Import $ wp media import <file> $ wp media regenerate @ajmorris
- 17. Manage Database $ wp db cli $ wp db optimize $ wp db export <file_name> $ wp db import <file_name> @ajmorris
- 18. Manage Database $ wp db tables $ wp db reset --yes $ wp search-replace “old-url” “new-url” @ajmorris
- 19. Manage WordPress Options $ wp option get db_version $ wp option get current_theme $ wp option get blogname $ wp option get admin_email @ajmorris
- 20. Manage Users $ wp user list $ wp user create newuser <email> -- role=administrator --user_pass=123aqe -- display_name=“AJ Morris” $ wp user list -- fields=user_login,display_name,user_name,roles @ajmorris
- 21. Manage Cache & Transients $ wp cache flush $ wp transient delete-expired $ wp rewrite structure ‘%postname%’ $wp rewrite flush @ajmorris
- 22. Manage Posts $ wp post list --fields=ID,post_title,post_status $ wp post create --post_type=post --post_title=‘A WordCamp Jackson’ --post_status=draft $ wp post edit <id> @ajmorris
- 23. Demo Time Let’s Jump into the Command Line! @ajmorris
- 24. About Me Product Marketing Liquid Web Twitter: @ajmorris Blog: https://ajmorris.me @ajmorris