1. A quick preview of
WP CLI
Sudar Muthu
@sudarmuthu

2. CLI interface for
WordPress

3. Create
Update
Delete
List
• Posts
• Users
• Comments
• Menus
• Metas
• Cron
• Plugins
• Themes

4. Chaining
commands
together
wp post delete $(wp post list --
post_type='page' --format=ids)
wp comment delete $(wp comment
list --status=spam --format=ids)

5. Cool things
you can do
• Editing wp-config constants
• WP Shell
• Search Replace across all tables
• Update WordPress itself
• Clear Cache
• Optimize DB Tables
• Handle cron events
• Regenerate thumbnails
• Scaffold tests for plugin

6. Useful
snippets
Check Table size
wp db size -–tables
Reset User password
wp user update admin@example.com --user_pass=pass
Generate quick dummy content
wp post generate --count=10
Generate code to register a custom taxonomy
wp scaffold taxonomy venue --theme="twentytwenty"

7. Running
commands
on remote
servers
Set alias for ssh config and commands can be
run over SSH
wp @sm post list
wp @sm plugin list

8. Thank You
@sudarmuthu