WP-CLI: Save Time by Managing WordPress from the Command Line

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WP-CLI: Save Time by Managing WordPress from the Command Line Shawn Hooper  Director of IT, Actionable @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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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 Hi! @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Command Line?! @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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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 ? @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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•Anyone really, but mostly: •Developers •Theme Designers •Server Administrators Who is this for? @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Don’t Fear The Command Line @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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•http://www.wp-cli.org/ •Requires PHP 5.3.29 or later •Requires WordPress 3.7 or later •A “UNIX-like” environment: •OSX (Macintosh) •Linux •Cygwin (Windows) What do you need? @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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•You need to have SSH access to use WP-CLI. Some shared hosting packages do not allow SSH access •SiteGround, Pantheon, BlueHost, GoDaddy, CloudAccess and more now have CLI support. •VPS services like Digital Ocean and Linode are ideal. Hosts @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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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 @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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•Does it work? Type:    wp  Installing WP-CLI @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Installing WP-CLI @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Congratulations! (that was the hard part) @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Great… It’s installed. So now @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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wp Running Commands: @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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— required [—param] — optional ﬂag [—param=] — optional w/ value Running Commands: @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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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 @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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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 @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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•Install, Delete Plugins •Activate & Deactivate Plugins •Update Plugins •Search the repository for plugins plugin @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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•Time savers!    wp plugin update — all    wp plugin deactivate — all plugin @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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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 @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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• Safe Search & Replace, including serialized arrays!  • Supports --dry-run search-replace @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Generate Test Content ! wp post generate -- count=500 post @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Create Posts with Random Content using Any Ipsum Plugin wp plugin install any-ipsum —activate  wp any-ipsum generate-posts 100 post @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Regenerate Thumbnails wp media regenerate —yes media @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Start an underscores theme! wp scaffold _s mytheme scaffold @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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… or a child theme wp scaffold child-theme mychild — parent_theme=twentyfourte en scaffold @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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… or a custom post type wp scaffold post-type mycpt —theme scaffold @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Download & Activate a Theme from WordPress.org wp theme install simone — activate theme @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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wp user generate wp user import-csv Create Users @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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wp term list wp term create wp term generate Taxonomies @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Executes PHP code  * after loading the WordPress Core * eval & eval-ﬁle @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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wp role create wp role list wp role exists new: —clone ﬂag on create role & cap @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Launches PHP’s Built-in Web Server wp server server @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca

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Thank you!  Slides: www.shawnhooper.ca  E-Mail: [email protected]  Twitter: @shawnhooper  WordPress Slack: shooper @shawnhooper - shawnhooper.ca