WP-CLI Tutorial

WP-CLI is a command-line interface for WordPress. Our WordPress image uses WP-CLI to install WordPress, so you can use it to perform updates, modifications, installations,.... We'll show you some examples.

User management

To change the email address of the WPadmin user:

# wp user update WPadmin --user_email=micorreo@midominio.es --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

If we want to change the password of the WPadmin user:

# wp user update WPadmin --user_pass=NewPass1346 --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Create a user with the author role:

# wp user create kb kb@midominio.es --role=author  --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Change the role of a user:

# wp user set-role kb administrator --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Plugin management

Install and activate the WordPress Seo plugin:

# wp plugin install wordpress-seo --activate --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Deactivate the WordPress Seo plugin:

# wp plugin deactivate wordpress-seo --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Update the WordPress Seo plugin:

# wp plugin update wordpress-seo --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Delete the WordPress Seo plugin:

# wp plugin delete wordpress-seo --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

List all plugins installed:

# wp plugin list --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/ 

Update all plugins installed:

# wp plugin update --all --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Search for a plugin, for example import:

# wp plugin search import --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Theme management

Install and activate the Hestia theme:

# wp theme install hestia --activate --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Activate the Hestia theme:

# wp theme activate hestia --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Update the Hestia theme:

# wp theme update hestia --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Delete the Hestia theme

# wp theme delete hestia --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

List all themes installed

# wp theme list --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Update all themes installed:

# wp theme update --all --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Search for a theme, for example import:

# wp theme search import --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Other operations

Change the domain for WordPress:

# wp option update home 'http://midominio.es' --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/
# wp option update siteurl 'http://midominio.es' --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Update WordPress:

# wp core update --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/

Search and replace text (dry run):

# wp search-replace oldstring newstring --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/ --dry-run

Search and replace text:

# wp search-replace oldstring newstring --allow-root --path=/var/www/html/wordpress/