WP CLI is a command line interface for WordPress that allows users to create, update, delete, list, and manage posts, users, comments, menus, metadata, cron jobs, plugins, themes, and more through commands. Commands can be chained together and run on local or remote servers. It has useful features like editing wp-config constants, running a WordPress shell, searching/replacing across tables, updating WordPress, clearing cache, optimizing databases, handling cron events, regenerating thumbnails, and scaffolding plugin tests.

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