WP-CLI

Command-line WordPress.

Basics

• https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli - based on drush
  • https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/tree/master/src/php/wp-cli/commands/internals [1]
  • https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/tree/master/src/php/wp-cli/commands/community [2]

• tutsplus: Using wp-cli for Fun and Profit - Feb 21st 2012
• http://codeseekah.com/2012/02/23/wordpress-command-line-fun/

Install

git clone --recursive git://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli.git ~/git/wp-cli
cd ~/git/wp-cli
sudo utils/dev-build

Usage

wp
  Usage;
  wp core [update|help] ...
  wp home [help] ...
  wp option [add|update|delete|get|help] ...
  wp plugin [status|activate|deactivate|install|delete|update|help] ...
  wp theme [status|details|activate|help] ...
  wp google-sitemap [build|help] ...

wp --blog=myblog.mynetwork.com
  set scope to multisite blog

wp core download
  download latest release
wp core update
  upgrade to latest release
wp core version --extra
  full version infos

wp plugin status
  display installed plugins
wp plugin install hello-dolly
  install hello-dolly
wp plugin install google-sitemap-generator --activate
  install and activate google-sitemap-generator
wp plugin install google-sitemap-generator --activate --dev  
  install and activate google-sitemap-generator development branch
wp plugin update akismet 
  update akismet
wp plugin update --all
  update all

wp plugin toggle [plugin]
  turn on/off google-sitemap-generator
wp plugin uninstall [plugin]
  remove plugin from the system
wp plugin delete [plugin] 
  delete plugin files 

wp theme status
  main site theme status
wp theme status --blog=test.example.com
  multisite theme status
wp theme activate my-new-theme --blog=fooblog.example.com
  multisite theme activate installed theme
cd $(wp theme path twentyeleven)
  change to theme directory

wp generate posts --count=1000
  for testing

wp export --path=./ --user=admin
  export content to a WXR file

wp db dump
  sql dump
wp db query "SELECT MAX(post_date) from wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' AND post_status = 'publish'"  
  last post published
wp db cli
  interactive mysql