WP-CLI

Command-line WordPress.

Basics

• wp-cli - based on drush
  • commands/internals [1]
  • 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

For BOA; both php 5.2 and 5.3 could be installed. 5.3 is required, so change script to;

php=/opt/local/bin/php

Usage

Available commands:

wp core [download|config|install|install_network|version|update|update_db]
wp db [create|drop|optimize|repair|connect|cli|query|export|import]
wp eval-file
wp eval
wp export [validate_arguments]
wp generate [posts|users]
wp home
wp option [add|update|delete|get]
wp plugin [activate|deactivate|toggle|path|update|uninstall|delete|status|install]
wp post-meta [get|delete|add|update]
wp post [create|update|delete]
wp theme [activate|path|delete|status|install|update]
wp transient [get|set|delete|type]
wp user-meta [get|delete|add|update]
wp user [list|delete|create|update]

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

wp core download
  download latest release

wp core install --url=url --title=site-title [--admin_name=username] --admin_email=email --admin_password=password
  db install
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