The Themer's Guide to WP-CLI
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WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI) allows users to manage WordPress installations via the command line. It provides commands to install and manage plugins, themes, databases and more. The presenter demonstrated how to install WP-CLI, use basic commands, configure aliases, write shell scripts to automate tasks, and develop custom commands. WP-CLI is a powerful toolbox that developers can leverage to streamline WordPress development and management.
![INSTALL WORDPRESS PLUGINS, THEME
#!/bin/bash
# list of plugins
plugins=("user-switching" "debug-objects""wp-cfm")
# loop through plugin list and install
for plugin in ${plugins[*]};
do
wp plugin install $plugin
wp plugin activate $plugin
done](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/themersguidetowp-cli-170331092558/85/The-Themer-s-Guide-to-WP-CLI-35-320.jpg)
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The Themer's Guide to WP-CLI
- 1. Themer’s Guide WordPress Command Line Interface __ _______ _____ _ _____ / / __ / ____| | |_ _| / / /| |__) |_____| | | | | | / / / | ___/______| | | | | | / / | | | |____| |____ _| |_ / / |_| _____|______|_____|
- 2. 1. Intro 2. WP-CLI Basics 3. Install WordPress 4. Plugin and Theme Automation 5. PHP7 Compatibility Checker 6. Advanced Agenda
- 3. _____ _ _ _ _ |_ _| | | | | | | (_) | | _ __ | |_ _ __ ___ __| |_ _ ___| |_ _ ___ _ __ | | | '_ | __| '__/ _ / _` | | | |/ __| __| |/ _ | '_ _| |_| | | | |_| | | (_) | (_| | |_| | (__| |_| | (_) | | | | |_____|_| |_|__|_| ___/ __,_|__,_|___|__|_|___/|_| |_|
- 4. •Sales Engineer - WP Engine •Developer, Freelancer •CMS Specialist •Open Source •Speaker Edmund Turbin WordCamp Stockholm - Nov 2016
- 5. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
- 7. I ❤
- 9. WHY USE COMMANDS? •Quickly execute a task •Bundle many tasks together in scripts •Avoid using the keyboard and mouse •Simplify repetitive tasks •and also…
- 10. WHY USE COMMANDS?SO WE CAN BE LAZY
- 11. ____ _ | _ (_) | |_) | __ _ ___ _ ___ ___ | _ < / _` | / __| | | / __| / __| | |_) | | (_| | __ | | | (__ __ |____/ __,_| |___/ |_| ___| |___/
- 12. WHAT DO I NEED TO GET STARTED? •Local Dev Environment with PHP - VVV, MAMP, WAMP •Terminal - Terminal App, iTerm 2, PuTTY •Text Editor - Sublime, Atom PREREQUISITES
- 13. INSTALL WP-CLI curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/ builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/installing/
- 14. INSTALL WP-CLI # Make file executable chmod +x wp-cli.phar # Move file to proper location sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/installing/
- 16. INSTALL WP-CLI • change into a WP directory • run $wp cli info https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/installing/ TEST THE INSTALLATION
- 17. COMMAND STRUCTURE $wp command subcommand value $wp plugin install wp-smushit
- 18. _____ __ _ _ _ / ____| / _(_) | | (_) | | ___ _ __ | |_ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ __ _| |_ _ ___ _ __ | | / _ | '_ | _| |/ _` | | | | '__/ _` | __| |/ _ | '_ | |___| (_) | | | | | | | (_| | |_| | | | (_| | |_| | (_) | | | | ________/|_| |_|_| |_|__, |__,_|_| __,_|__|_|___/|_| |_| __/ | |___/
- 19. WHAT HAVE I DONE? • Installed WP-CLI locally • Configured a WP-CLI alias to SSH into remotes • I can execute remote commands as if they were on my local machine • No need for local MySQL • Alternate - use SSH directly into VVV
- 20. CONFIGURATION •Alias called @dev allows me to run remote commands • $wp @dev cli info is different than $wp cli info • @dev connects via SSH and runs on Vagrant box https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/ wp-cli.yml - Aliases with Vagrant
- 21. CONFIGURATION $ wp cli info PHP binary: /usr/bin/php PHP version: 5.5.38 php.ini used: WP-CLI root dir: phar://wp-cli.phar WP-CLI packages dir: /Users/edmund.turbin/.wp-cli/packages/ WP-CLI global config: WP-CLI project config: /Users/edmund.turbin/Development/vvv2/www/wpcli-test4/wp-cli.yml WP-CLI version:1.1.0 wp-cli.yml - Aliases with Vagrant
- 22. CONFIGURATION $wp @dev cli info PHP binary: /usr/bin/php7.0 PHP version: 7.0.17-2+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 php.ini used: /etc/php/7.0/cli/php.ini WP-CLI root dir: phar://wp-cli.phar WP-CLI packages dir: WP-CLI global config: WP-CLI project config: /srv/www/wpcli-test4/wp-cli.yml WP-CLI version:1.2.0-alpha-afe561b wp-cli.yml - Aliases with Vagrant
- 23. CONFIGURATION •Allows you to configure WP-CLI variables •File can be at the Global, Project and Local levels •e.g.: Local overrides Global •Allows you to set up Aliases per site https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/ wp-cli.yml
- 24. CONFIGURATION @dev: ssh: [email protected]/srv/www/wpcli-test https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/installing/ wp-cli.yml - Aliases with Vagrant
- 25. _____ _ / ____| | | | | ___ _ __ ___ _ __ ___ __ _ _ __ __| | ___ | | / _ | '_ ` _ | '_ ` _ / _` | | '_ / _` | / __| | |____ | (_) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (_| | | | | | | (_| | __ _____| ___/ |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| __,_| |_| |_| __,_| |___/
- 26. CORE OPERATIONS •Downloads the recent version of WordPress to the current directory $wp core download
- 27. CORE OPERATIONS •Creates WordPress configuration file. •This file tells WP-CLI how connect to you’re site’s database $wp core config
- 28. CORE OPERATIONS •Completes the WordPress install process $wp core install
- 29. DATABASE OPERATIONS •Create a database for your WordPress install •Depends on a wp-config.php file to work $wp db create
- 30. INSTALL WORDPRESS # Download WordPress $wp core download # Create WordPress configuration - wp-config.php $wp core config —-dbuser=root --dbpass=root —-dbname=wpcli-test
- 31. INSTALL WORDPRESS # Create Database for install $wp db create wpcli-test # Run the install process $wp core install —url=wpcli-test.dev —-title=“wpcli test” —admin_user=admin --admin_password=password [email protected]
- 32. INSTALL WORDPRESS •Not needed if you’re using VVV •WP installs can be created and provisioned via Vagrant Note for VVV Users https://varyingvagrantvagrants.org/
- 33. _ _ _ / | | | | (_) / _ _ | |_ ___ _ __ ___ __ _ | |_ _ ___ _ __ / / | | | | | __| / _ | '_ ` _ / _` | | __| | | / _ | '_ / ____ | |_| | | |_ | (_) | | | | | | | | (_| | | |_ | | | (_) | | | | | /_/ _ __,_| __| ___/ |_| |_| |_| __,_| __| |_| ___/ |_| |_|
- 34. SHELL SCRIPTING •You can use WP CLI with like any other command •e.g. tie commands together and run them as a list
- 35. INSTALL WORDPRESS PLUGINS, THEME #!/bin/bash # list of plugins plugins=("user-switching" "debug-objects""wp-cfm") # loop through plugin list and install for plugin in ${plugins[*]}; do wp plugin install $plugin wp plugin activate $plugin done
- 36. INSTALL UNDERSCORE_S THEME echo "Enter site name:" read theme_name wp scaffold _s $theme_name wp theme activate $theme_name wp scaffold theme-tests $theme_name
- 37. GENERATE CONTENT wp post generate --count=10 wp post generate --count=10 --post_type=page wp comment generate --count=10
- 39. _____ _ _ _____ ______ _____ _ _ | __ | | | | | __ |____ | / ____| | | | | | |__) | | |__| | | |__) | / / | | | |__ ___ ___ | | __ | ___/ | __ | | ___/ / / | | | '_ / _ / __| | |/ / | | | | | | | | / / | |____ | | | | | __/ | (__ | < |_| |_| |_| |_| /_/ _____| |_| |_| ___| ___| |_|_
- 41. PHP COMPATIBILITY COMMAND •Run PHP7 Compatibility Checker •Plugin needs to be installed •Version supplied as an argument wp phpcompat 7.0
- 42. RUN PHP COMPATIBILITY CHECK SCRIPT #!/bin/bash wp plugin install php-compatibility-checker wp plugin activate php-compatibility-checker wp phpcompat 7.0 > php-compat-results.txt
- 43. PLUGINS WITH COMMANDS •ACF •Elastic press •Migrate, migrated •caching plugins •PHP Compatibility •Regen thumbs •widget import/export •developer •wp-cfm •backupwordpress https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/tools/
- 44. _ _ / | | | | / __| | __ __ __ _ _ __ ___ ___ __| | / / / _` | / / / _` | | '_ / __| / _ / _` | / ____ | (_| | V / | (_| | | | | | | (__ | __/ | (_| | /_/ _ __,_| _/ __,_| |_| |_| ___| ___| __,_|
- 45. NOTABLE COMMANDS •Scaffold - create plugins, child themes, unit tests •db, db-query •transient •wp-cfm - configuration management •backupwordpress https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/tools/
- 46. SHELL ALIAS COMMAND Create a shortcut command for things that are frequently used to cut down on keystrokes. alias - show all aliases
- 47. SHELL ALIASES Create an alias alias pu=“wp plugin update --all”
- 48. SHELL ALIASES Remove an alias unalias pu
- 49. SHELL ALIASES Arguments alias pi='wp plugin install’ pi wp-smushit
- 50. SHELL ALIASES Aliases can be saved and managed from .bash_profile
- 51. CUSTOM SHELL COMMANDS • functions can be created in your shell profile (.bash_profile) and executed globaly wp_info () { wp cli info }
- 52. Helpful Links Command Cookbook https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/commands-cookbook/ Shell Friends https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/shell-friends/ Plugins that work with WP-CLI https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/tools/ WP-CLI Configuration https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/ Shell Scripting https://www.shellscript.sh/
- 53. WP-CLI is a toolbox Commands can be linked together via scripts to automate complex tasks
- 54. WP-CLI for Themeing WP-CLI can be one of many tools to get your development process started quickly
- 55. Good, Better, Best •Single Commands •Shell Scripts •Shell Commands