Using WP-CLI

Applies to: Grid
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time Needed: 20 minutes
- Tools Required: SSH access
Applies to: Managed WordPress
- Difficulty: Medium
- Time Needed: 20 minutes
- Tools Required: SSH access

Overview

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WP-CLI is an open-source suite of command-line tools for managing and administering WordPress. Most functions that can be done in the WordPress Dashboard via a web browser can be completed by typing a command at a prompt. If you have the Grid hosting platform, WP-CLI is already installed, configured, and ready to go. It can be accessed by typing the WP command once you are connected to your server via an SSH terminal.

Plugin authors may make use of the WP-CLI commands right in their plugin code, but its real extensibility is in the speed of inputting and automating commands rather than manually clicking around a dashboard, and is greatly appreciated by keyboard wizards everywhere.

Instructions

NOTE:
On the GridManaged Wordpress hosting platform, WP-CLI is already installed and ready to go.

First, log into your hosting platform via SSH as the Server Administrator user.
Next, type "wp" and hit enter. You will be presented with a list of sub-commands that can be executed. The format is "wp command some_modifier"

To get more information and sub-commands for a specific command, type wp help command.

$> wp help core

NAME

  wp core

DESCRIPTION

  Download, install, update and otherwise manage WordPress proper.

SYNOPSIS

  wp core <subcommand>

SUBCOMMANDS

  config                 Set up a wp-config.php file.
  download               Download core WordPress files.
  init-tests             Set up the official test suite using the current WordPress instance.
  install                Create the WordPress tables in the database.
  is-installed           Determine if the WordPress tables are installed.
  multisite-convert      Transform a single-site install into a multi-site install.
  multisite-install      Install multisite from scratch.
  update                 Update WordPress.
  update-db              Update the WordPress database.
  version                Display the WordPress version.