WP-CLI is a command line interface for managing WordPress installations. It allows users to download, configure, install WordPress core and plugins from the command line. WP-CLI also provides commands for managing posts, comments, users, media and more. It has a variety of features like importing and exporting content, searching and replacing text, and multisite support. WP-CLI makes common WordPress tasks faster and easier to accomplish from the terminal.

1. Extending Your
WordPress Toolbelt
with WP-CLI
WordCamp Raleigh 2013
Ryan Duff

2. Me
• WordPress Developer
• Open Source Contributor
• Sysadmin (sort of)

3. WP-CLI
WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools
for managing WordPress installations.

5. Requirements
• UNIX-like environment (OS X, Linux,
FreeBSD, Cygwin)
• PHP 5.3.2 or later
• WordPress 3.4 or later

6. How To Install
curl
https://raw.github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli.github.c
| bash
Alternate install methods:
https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/wiki/Alternative-Install-Methods

7. What Does It Do?
Everything... almost
Sorry… it won’t make you coffee.

8. Download, Configure,
Install

9. wp core download

10. wp core config
--dbname=wcraleigh
--dbuser=wcraleigh
--dbpass=wcraleigh
wp core install
--url="http://site.com"
--title="Site Name"
--admin_user=notadmin
--admin_password=somethingstrong
--admin_email="user@site.com"

13. Install and Manage
Plugins

14. wp plugin
list
search
install | delete
activate | deactivate | toggle
update

17. Themes too!

18. Import & Export
Search & Replace too!
Search & Replace too!
Search & Replace too!

19. But wait. There’s more!

20. Posts
Comments
Users
Media
Post Meta
Post Meta
Post Meta
Post Meta

21. 2 for 1 Special

22. Multisite
Rewrites
Options
Options
Options

24. English please?

25. Your Turn
(aka How to Extend WP-CLI)

28. More Info
Web: http://wp-cli.org/
Core Commands: http://wp-cli.org/commands/
Cookbook: https://github.com/wp-cli/wpcli/wiki/Commands-Cookbook
Github: https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli

29. Questions?

30. Ryan Duff
email: ryan@fusionized.com
web: http://fusionized.com
twitter: @ryancduff
github: https://github.com/ryanduff