WP-CLI - WordCamp Miami 2015
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WP-CLI is a command line tool that facilitates managing WordPress installations, catering primarily to developers, theme designers, and server administrators. It requires SSH access and is compatible with various hosting services, allowing users to perform tasks such as site installation, plugin management, and database operations efficiently. The document provides installation instructions, command usage, and outlines additional community commands available for WP-CLI.
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WP-CLI - WordCamp Miami 2015
- 1. WP-CLI: Save Time by Managing WordPress from the Command Line WordCamp Miami May 30, 2015 @shawnhooper
- 2. • I’m Shawn Hooper, a web application developer from Ottawa, Canada. • I’ve been working in WordPress since 2009. • I love the working from the command prompt, reminds me of my days running a BBS (in the days before the Internet) Hi!
- 4. • A set of command line tools that allows you to manage WordPress from the command line. • http://www.wp-cli.org/ What is WP-CLI ?
- 5. • Anyone really, but mostly: • Developers • Theme Designers • Server Administrators Who is this for?
- 6. Don’t Fear The Command Line
- 7. • http://www.wp-cli.org/ • Requires PHP 3.5.2 or later • Requires WordPress 3.5.2 or later • A “UNIX-like” environment: • OSX (Macintosh) • Linux • Cygwin (Windows) What do you need?
- 8. • You need to have SSH access to use WP-CLI. Some shared hosting packages do not allow SSH access • SiteGround, Pantheon, BlueHost, GoDaddy, Media Temple, Windows Azure and more now have CLI support. • VPS services like Digital Ocean and Linode are ideal. Hosts
- 9. • Download it: curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar • Set permissions: chmod +x wp-cli.phar • Move it somewhere useful: sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp Installing WP-CLI
- 10. • Does it work? Type: wp Installing WP-CLI
- 12. Congratulations! (that was the hard part)
- 13. Great… It’s installed. So now what….
- 14. wp <command> <sub-command> <params> Running Commands:
- 15. <param> — required [—param] — optional flag [—param=<value>] — optional w/ value Running Commands:
- 16. • Check current WordPress version, or see if there are updates available. • Do the update! • Install a brand new site • Convert an existing site to Multisite! • Verify core checksums core
- 17. • Let’s try setting up a brand new site on a development server using: wp core download wp core config wp db create wp core install --prompt core
- 18. • Install, Delete Plugins • Activate & Deactivate Plugins • Update Plugins • Search the repository for plugins plugin
- 19. • Time savers! wp plugin update — all wp plugin deactivate — all plugin
- 20. The “db” command interacts with the MySQL database. ! wp db export backup.sql wp db import backup.sql wp db cli db
- 21. • Safe Search & Replace, including serialized arrays! • Supports --dry-run search-replace
- 22. Generate Test Content ! wp post generate --count=500 post
- 23. Regenerate Thumbnails ! wp media regenerate —yes media
- 24. Start an underscores theme! ! wp scaffold _s mytheme scaffold
- 25. … or a child theme ! wp scaffold child-theme mychild —parent_theme=twentyfourteen scaffold
- 26. … or a custom post type ! wp scaffold post-type mycpt — theme scaffold
- 27. Download & Activate a Theme from WordPress.org ! wp theme install simone —activate theme
- 28. wp user generate wp user import-csv Create Users
- 29. wp term list wp term create wp term generate Taxonomies
- 30. Executes PHP code * after loading the WordPress Core * eval & eval-file
- 31. Add any functionality you want that isn’t already included in the WP-CLI core. https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/ wiki/List-of-community-commands Community Commands
- 32. You can either write them as a plugin, or include it using the —require parameter on the command line. Community Commands
- 33. Thank you! ! E-Mail: shawn@fivesense.ca Twitter: @shawnhooper ! www.shawnhooper.ca