WP CLI

Given at MWUG 2014, this talk covers the basics of terminal use and WP CLI

Transcript

1. WP CLI
   A talk by Tom J Nowell
   

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2. I’m Tom J Nowell
   Code For The People
   

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3. I’ll Cover
   ● What is WP CLI
   ● What’s a Command Line
   ● Running a command
   ● WP CLI Commands
   

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4. WP CLI
   WordPress, Command Line Interface
   A tool for terminal users
   

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5. What is The Terminal?
   

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6. ❯ date
   

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7. ❯ date
   Wed 20 Aug 2014 17:46:41 BST
   

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8. ❯ command parameter1 parameter2 etc...
   

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9. Essential Commands
   ● ls what’s inside this folder
   ● cd foldername change into another folder
   ● cd .. go up one folder
   

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10. Opening the Terminal
    

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12. Once installed, open your WordPress folder on
    the terminal
    GIF by Chris Coyier of CSS Tricks
    

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13. Some of the Things WP CLI Can Do
    ● Create Posts
    ● Create Users
    ● Download plugins and themes
    ● Database Queries
    ● Installing WordPress
    

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14. E.g. Adding an author to a site:
    ❯ wp user create bob bob@example.com
    --role=author
    

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15. A demonstration
    

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16. Questions?
    

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