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A command line interface for WordPress

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WP-CLI

WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser.

Build Status

Quick links: Using | Installing | Support | Extending | Contributing | Credits

Using

The goal of WP-CLI is to provide a command-line interface for any action you can perform in the WordPress admin. The project also includes commands for many actions you can't perform in the WordPress admin.

For instance, wp plugin install (doc) lets you install and activate a WordPress plugin:

$ wp plugin install rest-api --activate
Installing WordPress REST API (Version 2) (2.0-beta13)
Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/rest-api.2.0-beta13.zip...
Unpacking the package...
Installing the plugin...
Plugin installed successfully.
Activating 'rest-api'...
Success: Plugin 'rest-api' activated.

Similarly, wp transient (doc) lets you delete one or all transients:

$ wp transient delete-all
Success: 34 transients deleted from the database.

For a complete introduction, read the Quick Start guide. If you already feel comfortable with the basics, jump into the complete list of commands for managing themes and plugins, importing and exporting data, performing database search-replace operations and more.

Installing

The recommended way to install WP-CLI is to download the Phar build, mark it executable and place it in your PATH. See also our documentation on alternative installation methods.

Before you install though, please make sure your environment meets the minimum requirements:

  • UNIX-like environment (OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Cygwin); limited support in Windows environment
  • PHP 5.3.29 or later
  • WordPress 3.7 or later

Download the wp-cli.phar using wget or curl. For example:

$ curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar

Check if it is working:

$ php wp-cli.phar --info

To use it from the command line by typing wp, make the file executable and move it to somewhere in your PATH. For example:

$ chmod +x wp-cli.phar
$ sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp

If WP-CLI installed successfully, you should see something like this when you run wp --info:

$ wp --info
PHP binary:    /usr/bin/php5
PHP version:    5.5.9-1ubuntu4.14
php.ini used:   /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
WP-CLI root dir:        /home/wp-cli/.wp-cli
WP-CLI packages dir:    /home/wp-cli/.wp-cli/packages/
WP-CLI global config:   /home/wp-cli/.wp-cli/config.yml
WP-CLI project config:
WP-CLI version: 0.23.0

Support

WP-CLI's maintainers and project contributors do their best to respond to all new issues in a timely manner. To make the best use of their volunteered time, please first see if there may be an answer to your question in one of the following resources:

If you have a WordPress.org account, you may also consider joining the #cli channel on the WordPress.org Slack organization.

Extending

A command is an atomic unit of WP-CLI functionality. wp plugin install (doc) is one command. wp plugin activate (doc) is another.

WP-CLI comes with dozens of commands. It's easier than it looks to create a custom WP-CLI command. Read the commands cookbook to learn more.

Contributing

To get involved, please first read about creating an issue or submitting a pull request.

Leadership

Read more about the project's Governance and view a complete list of contributors.

Credits

Besides the libraries defined in composer.json, we have used code or ideas from the following projects: