wp-cli presentation from wordcamp nyc 2015
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WP-CLI: Save Time by Managing WordPress
from the Command Line
WordCamp NYC 2015 Designers Track !
Shawn HooperChief Technology Officer, Actionable Books
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• 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!
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• 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 ?
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• Anyone really, but mostly:
• Developers
• Theme Designers
• Server Administrators
Who is this for?
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• http://www.wp-cli.org/
• Requires PHP 5.3.2 or later
• Requires WordPress 3.5.2 or later
• A “UNIX-like” environment:
• OSX (Macintosh)
• Linux
• Cygwin (Windows)
What do you need?
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• You need to have SSH access to use WP-CLI. Some shared hosting packages do not allow SSH access
• PlanetHoster, SiteGround, Pantheon, BlueHost, GoDaddy, Media Temple, Windows Azure and more now have CLI support.
• VPS services like Digital Ocean and Linode, InterServer are ideal.
Hosts
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• 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
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wp <command> <sub-command> <params>
Running Commands:
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<param> — required
[—param] — optional flag
[—param=<value>] — optional w/ value
Running Commands:
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• 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
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• 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
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• Install, Delete Plugins
• Activate & Deactivate Plugins
• Update Plugins
• Search the repository for plugins
plugin
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• Time savers! wp plugin update — all wp plugin deactivate — all
plugin
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The “db” command interacts with
the MySQL database.
!
wp db export backup.sql wp db import backup.sql wp db cli
db
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• Safe Search & Replace, including serialized arrays!
• Supports --dry-run
search-replace
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Generate Test Content !
wp post generate --count=500
post
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Create Posts with Random Content using Any Ipsum Plugin
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wp plugin install any-ipsum —activate
wp any-ipsum generate-posts 100
post
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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wp media regenerate —yes
media
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Start an underscores theme!
!
wp scaffold _s mytheme
scaffold
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… or a child theme
!
wp scaffold child-theme mychild —parent_theme=twentyfourteen
scaffold
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… or a custom post type
!
wp scaffold post-type mycpt —theme
scaffold
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Download & Activate a Theme from WordPress.org
!
wp theme install simone —activate
theme
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wp user generate
wp user import-csv
Create Users
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wp term list
wp term create
wp term generate
Taxonomies
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Executes PHP code * after loading the WordPress Core *
eval & eval-file
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wp role create
wp role list
wp role exists
!
new: —clone flag on create
role & cap
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Launches PHP’s Built-in Web Server
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wp server
server
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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
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You can either write them as a plugin, or include it using the
—require parameter on the command line.
Community Commands
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Thank you! Slides: www.shawnhooper.ca
E-Mail: shawn@actionablebooks.com
Twitter: @shawnhooper
WordPress Slack: shooper
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