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I'm trying to mass delete 4000 images in a wordpress website. WP itself sets the max to 999, which would work fine and take a few minutes to delete them via the backend. However, I get REQUEST URI TOO LARGE because the backend form uses GET instead of POST.

How can I use WP-CLI to perform the operation if it's possible and ensure the integrity of the WP database. In other words, I don't want to run an SQL command.

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From the WP-CLI documentation about wp post delete:

wp post delete --force $(wp post list --post_type='attachment' --format=ids)

See wp post list for additional information.

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    I get this: Warning: Posts of type 'attachment' do not support being sent to trash. Please use the --force flag to skip trash and delete them permanently.
    – Flimm
    Oct 3, 2019 at 16:27
  • @Flimm it is becaus your probably miss the "--force" arg. It works as a charm otehrwise ;)
    – Maxime Culea
    Feb 3, 2020 at 10:53

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