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WP CLI
A talk by Tom J Nowell
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I’m Tom J Nowell
Code For The People
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I’ll Cover
● What is WP CLI
● What’s a Command Line
● Running a command
● WP CLI Commands
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WP CLI
WordPress, Command Line Interface
A tool for terminal users
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What is The Terminal?
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❯ date
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❯ date
Wed 20 Aug 2014 17:46:41 BST
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❯ command parameter1 parameter2 etc...
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Essential Commands
● ls what’s inside this folder
● cd foldername change into another folder
● cd .. go up one folder
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Opening the Terminal
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Once installed, open your WordPress folder on
the terminal
GIF by Chris Coyier of CSS Tricks
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Some of the Things WP CLI Can Do
● Create Posts
● Create Users
● Download plugins and themes
● Database Queries
● Installing WordPress
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E.g. Adding an author to a site:
❯ wp user create bob [email protected]
--role=author
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A demonstration
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Questions?