Useful WP CLI commands

wp-cli.bash

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# Useful WP CLI commands
#
# All are presumed to be ran from the location of the `wp-config` file in
# question.
#

# Add an admin user
$ wp user create some-user-name my-email@my-site.com --role=administrator

# Add a superadmin for WP Networking
$ wp user create some-user-name my-email@my-site.com --role=superadmin

# Search for a value, and replace it, but do not execute on the database
$ wp search-replace 'foo.com' 'foo.dev' wp_options --dry-run
+------------+--------------+--------------+------+
| Table      | Column       | Replacements | Type |
+------------+--------------+--------------+------+
| wp_options | option_name  | 0            | SQL  |
| wp_options | option_value | 7            | PHP  |
| wp_options | autoload     | 0            | SQL  |
+------------+--------------+--------------+------+
Success: 7 replacements to be made.

# Search for a value, and replace it, but do execute it on the database
$ wp search-replace 'foo.com' 'foo.com.dev' wp_option
+------------+--------------+--------------+------+
| Table      | Column       | Replacements | Type |
+------------+--------------+--------------+------+
| wp_options | option_name  | 0            | SQL  |
| wp_options | option_value | 7            | PHP  |
| wp_options | autoload     | 0            | SQL  |
+------------+--------------+--------------+------+
Success: Made 7 replacements.

# Activate plugin
$ wp plugin activate some-plugin

# Deactivate plugins
$ wp plugin deactivate some-plugin

# List active plugins
$ wp plugin list
+----------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
| name                                         | status   | update    | version |
+----------------------------------------------+----------+-----------+---------+
| plugin-a                                     | active   | none      | 0.1.2   |
| some-other-plugin                            | active   | available | 2.1.7   |