WP-CLI unable to recongnise PHP server / environment variables on Ubuntu
You would need to define the global URL parameter in wp-cli.yml or in the command like –url=https://example.com
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WP CLI allowed fields?
The list of fields is available on the wp post list page. These fields will be displayed by default for each post: ID post_title post_name post_date post_status These fields are optionally available: post_author post_date_gmt post_content post_excerpt comment_status ping_status post_password to_ping pinged post_modified post_modified_gmt post_content_filtered post_parent guid menu_order post_type post_mime_type comment_count filter url
wp-cli for Creating page-template
wp-cli is not a development tool, it is a server admin tool, as such all the scaffold stuff there is…. for lack of better word, unneeded bloat. It is unlikely to reflect best practice, especially if your copy is old. In the specific case of page templates, there is really nothing worth “scaffolding” the easiest … Read more
A shorter way to automatically update WordPress?
If you have this statement (by default) in your wp-config file define( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, true ); Then WP core files are automatically updated for you. This assumes that you have traffic to your site (if nobody ever visits your site, the updates won’t happen.) So your solution is actually causing more work by the server, and … Read more
Why doesn’t ‘wp’ command work in my WP-CLI installation?
Sounds like you need to rename the wp-cli.phar to wp. chmod +x wp-cli.phar sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp I usually move wp to my home folder’s bin directory so /home/YOUR_USER_NAME/bin now try: wp –info
Adding content from file with wp post create
OK, solution was buried in the command help. Basically, just drop the –post_content arg and replace with the name of the file.
How to delete a single post using wp cli in command line?
Please read the docs. It’s wp post delete POST-ID. # Delete post skipping trash $ wp post delete 123 –force Success: Deleted post 123. # Delete all pages $ wp post delete $(wp post list –post_type=”page” –format=ids) Success: Trashed post 1164. Success: Trashed post 1186. # Delete all posts in the trash $ wp post … Read more
Create WordPress Multisite Instance Programmatically
WP-CLI has a couple of commands to install Multisite (or convert a non-Multisite WP installation to Multisite): wp core multisite-install wp core multisite-convert Are either of those what you’re looking for?
WP-CLI plugin install causes PHP fatal error – Using $this when not in object context
public static function Run() { The “static” here means this function doesn’t have an object context i.e. it’s intended to be called as Block::Run() without actually making a Block. That said, $block = new Block(); $block->Run(); will still work, but it still doesn’t have $this set inside the method. Instead you can use the class … Read more
adding wp-cli commands to plugin: how to document to users?
There’s the wp-cli tag that is being used in WordPress plugin directory, but it is not super popupar (less than 500 plugins seem to use it). wpcli is not even close with less than 20. In general you’ve listed all the other ways that you can inform your users unintrusively about the presence of a … Read more