WP CLI

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

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