The document discusses WP-CLI, a command line tool for managing WordPress, aimed mainly at developers, theme designers, and server administrators. It outlines the requirements for installation, such as needing PHP 3.5.2 and WordPress 3.5.2 or later, as well as SSH access to the server. The document details various commands for tasks like updating, installing, and managing plugins and themes, emphasizing the efficiency of using the command line for WordPress management.

1. Save Time by
Managing WordPress
from the Command
Line
WordCamp Toronto
November 16, 2014
@shawnhooper

2. • I’m Shawn Hooper, a web application
developer from Ottawa.
• 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!

3. Command Line?!

4. Command Line?!

5. • 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 ?

6. • Anyone really, but mostly:
• Developers
• Theme Designers
• Server Administrators
Who is this for?

7. Don’t Fear The
Command Line

8. • 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?

9. • Most shared hosts won’t allow you to
use WP-CLI - you need to have SSH
access to your server.
• SiteGround includes WP-CLI in their
hosting plans, as does GoDaddy
Managed Hosting.
• Perfect on VPS services like
DigitalOcean, Linode, terminal.com
.hosts

10. • Download it:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/
wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
• Set permissions:
chmod a+x wp-cli.phar
• Move it somewhere useful:
sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
Installing WP-CLI

11. • Does it work? Type:
wp
Installing WP-CLI

12. Installing WP-CLI

13. Congratulations!
(that was the hard part)

14. Great… It’s installed.
So now what….

15. wp <command> <sub-command> <params>
Running Commands:

16. <param> — required
[—param] — optional flag
[—param=<value>] — optional w/ value
Running Commands:

17. • 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

18. • 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
core

19. • Install, Delete Plugins
• Activate & Deactivate Plugins
• Update Plugins
• Search the repository for plugins
plugin

20. • Time savers!
wp plugin update — all
wp plugin deactivate — all
plugin

21. The “db” command interacts with
the MySQL database.
!
wp export backup.sql
wp import backup.sql
wp cli
db

22. • Safe Search & Replace, including
serialized arrays!
• Supports —dry-run
search-replace

23. Generate Test Content !
!
wp post generate —count=500
post

24. Regenerate Thumbnails
!
wp media regenerate —yes
media

25. Start an underscores theme!
!
wp scaffold _s mytheme
scaffold

26. … or a child theme
!
wp scaffold child-theme mychild
—parent_theme=twentyfourteen
scaffold

27. … or a custom post type
!
wp scaffold post-type mycpt —
theme
scaffold

28. Download & Activate a Theme
from WordPress.org
!
wp theme install simone —activate
theme

29. 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

30. You can either write them as a
plugin, or include it using the
—require parameter
on the command line.
Community
Commands

31. Thank you!
!
E-Mail: shawn@fivesense.ca
Twitter: @shawnhooper
!
http://5sen.se/wpcli/