Questions tagged [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.
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Is resetting post data necessary with custom WP_CLI commands?
Is it strictly necessary to call wp_reset_postdata(); in a WP CLI command? I am doing it out of habit but just wondered if the $post object needed to be reset.
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Using WP CLI to set options in WP Multisite
I have WP-CLI working fine using WP Multisite (or network). I can create blogs, add users, set permissions etc. But am not certain how to enable plugins for individual blogs via WP CLI.
For example, ...
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Running WP Cron on multisite the right way
I have WordPress Multisite with several sites. I set up DISABLE_WP_CRON to true in my wp-config.php.
If we set up cron task with wget or curl we have 30 sec rule to execute PHP script. It's so small ...
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How to perform WordPress backups using wp-cli?
I am relatively new to working with WordPress, but I am very comfortable with, and prefer to use the command line. I need to backup WordPress before performing a version upgrade. I came across wp-cli ...
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How to create a WP-CLI command with $_POST?
I would like to create a WP-CLI command for WordPress Database Reset plugin.
In the main function it uses $_POST for the options but when running the command in cli they will not exist.
How should ...
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how do you use Wp-cli on Shared Hosting? [closed]
I Have Godaddy Deluxe linux hosting it is shared server, so I don’t have the root password of the machine.
I can create, move and delete files via SSH in my home folder but not in the root ...
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wp-cli import theme sample data
i am trying to create an automated process of installing a wordpress site from scrach (no db, no user, no files, no settings) to the point were the site is up and it has it's own custom theme with the ...
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Wordpress test environment on windows
I'm new to TDD and want to set up a test environment for my wordpress plugin. I was able to find a sample plugin from wp-cli with the very useful script.
It was very easy to write the first test ...
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wp-cli is not working properly. No response from commands
I am trying to make a copy of a live site on a test server. I installed wp-cli and wp-cli sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. When it doesn't work, it just returns nothing. Not one character of ...
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Jetpack Upgrade fails with WP CLI [closed]
Been trying to upgrade Jetpack from the admin for a few times on my site on a shared package with my hosted Dreamhost. It failed too often. I emailed on issues upgrading before and they suggested I ...
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WP-CLI Cannot Connect to Database due to Vagrant
I am running the most recent version of WP-CLI on my mac. I do all WordPress development within Vagrant, but would like to run WP-CLI commands in the host machine. I have a domain alias from "dev....
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All plugins deactivated. What could cause this?
I have an AWS server running four WordPress sites. All plugins have been deactivated on one of the sites and I cannot enable them.
When I try enabling them in bulk, or individually, there is no ...
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wp-cli 0.14.1 MySQL error
I just updated to wp-cli 0.14.1 today and once again having a MySQL issue. I'm on Windows, Wampserver, and Cygwin.
When I first updated to the last rev (0.14.0) I had a similar problem and wound up ...
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Using wp-cli to Update WP Networks / Multisite from 3.5.1 to 3.8
I've been handed a WP Networks site that is running WP (Networks) 3.5.1 on RHEL 5.8 with about 40 sites attached to it. I see the need to update to 3.8.
By background, I'm more familiar with ...
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WP-CLI works on non WP-CLI installed Wordpress instance?
I came across WP-CLI via the tutorial at http://centminmod.com/nginx_configure_wordpress_ffpc_plugin.html and was wondering does WP-CLI work on Wordpress instances which were NOT initially installed ...
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wp-cli doesn't find and wordpress installation
I wanted to try wp-cli, downloaded the phar and installed it by moving it to ~/bin which is in my path.
Then wp --info works, but maybe shows insufficient information. (e.g. no php path, though it is ...
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BackupBuddy WP CLI Invalid Profile Error
When I try to run a WordPress (3.8) backup of a site using wp-cli 10 alpha (site here)
wp --info
PHP binary: /usr/local/bin/php-5.3
PHP version: 5.3.5
php.ini used: /etc/php53/php.ini
wp-cli ...
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How do I pass an array as an argument to a WP-CLI command?
I want to use WP-CLI to create some new posts with custom taxonomy terms assigned. The challenge is that wp_insert_post's tax_input argument only accepts arrays, which I would have to specify on the ...
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wp-cli displays php notices when display errors off
I am using wp-cli and I am having php notices and errors show up when running wp-export. Some of these warnings and errors are ending up in the output file. How can I force errors to NOT show up. I ...
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Why can't the WP-CLI installer find my php.ini?
I am trying to install WP-CLI on my Mac using the standard installation command (found here: http://wp-cli.org), yet I am receiving the following error message:
#!/usr/bin/env php
Some ...
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How to use command 'wp post create' in wp-cli properly?
I need to create a single post with title, content and excerpt with this command as it's described in the utility documentation. Could you please show me an example of how to use it? I couldn't find ...
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Is there a drush equivalent for WordPress yet?
I'm working with Drupal on a project right now, and for all its faults, having a command line interface like drush to the Drupal framework is a godsend.
Is there an equivalent for using WordPress to ...
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