{"id":3051,"date":"2022-04-21T12:06:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2024-08-03T13:21:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T11:21:53","slug":"operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Common operations CLI WordPress commands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a list that I will be updating of the most common operations I perform with WordPress CLI. What is WP CLI? It is the execution of WordPress commands in a console.\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Tabla de contenidos<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6742de69e0da7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6742de69e0da7\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Reasons_for_using_WordPress_CLI\" title=\"Reasons for using WordPress CLI\">Reasons for using WordPress CLI<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#List_of_CLI_WordPress_Commands\" title=\"List of CLI WordPress Commands\">List of CLI WordPress Commands<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Database_backup\" title=\"Database backup\">Database backup<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#User_management_creation_and_listing\" title=\"User management: creation and listing\">User management: creation and listing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Importing_XML_content\" title=\"Importing XML content\">Importing XML content<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Regenerate_thumbnail_images\" title=\"Regenerate thumbnail images\">Regenerate thumbnail images<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Delete_blog_posts_before_a_date\" title=\"Delete blog posts before a date\">Delete blog posts before a date<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Make_a_user_Super_admin\" title=\"Make a user Super admin\">Make a user Super admin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/davidperezgar.com\/en\/blog\/web-development\/operations-habitual-commands-cli-wordpress\/#Change_password_to_a_user\" title=\"Change password to a user\">Change password to a user<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasons_for_using_WordPress_CLI\"><\/span>Reasons for using WordPress CLI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>.\n\n\n\n<p>Why use WordPress CLI? Using the command line is usually done is because there are certain operations that can take a long time and over the web would not be possible due to the time-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This happens especially on web pages with thousands of posts and when there are image operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"List_of_CLI_WordPress_Commands\"><\/span>List of CLI WordPress Commands<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>.\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Database_backup\"><\/span>Database backup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>.\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp db export<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"User_management_creation_and_listing\"><\/span>User management: creation and listing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>.\n\n\n\n<p>Useful when you have console access, but have not yet been given WordPress access. It&#8217;s happened to us more than once<\/p> <p>.\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp user create davidperez david@close.marketing --role=administrator<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Official documentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/cli\/commands\/user\/create\/\">wp user create<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>List users:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp user list<\/code><\/code><\/pre>.\n\n\n\n<p>Official documentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/cli\/commands\/user\/list\/\">wp user list<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Importing_XML_content\"><\/span>Importing XML content<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>.\n\n\n\n<p>Importing entries with XML with <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/cli\/commands\/import\/\">wp import<\/a>. EYE use export before so that it also includes featured images <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/export-media-with-selected-content\/\">with this plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp import example.wordpress.2016-06-21.xml --authors=create<\/code><\/code><\/pre>.\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Regenerate_thumbnail_images\"><\/span>Regenerate thumbnail images<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>.\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp media regenerate<\/code><\/code><\/pre>.\n\n\n\n<p>Official documentation: <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/cli\/commands\/media\/regenerate\/\">wp media regenerate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Delete_blog_posts_before_a_date\"><\/span>Delete blog posts before a date<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>.\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\"><code class=\"\">wp post delete $(wp post list --post_type='post' --date_query='before=2021-01-01' --format=ids)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\"><code class=\"\">wp post list --post_type='post' --before=\"<meta charset=\"utf-8\">2021-01-01T00:00:00:00\"<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp post list --before=\"2020-12-31T00:00:00:00\"<\/code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Make_a_user_Super_admin\"><\/span>Make a user Super admin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>.\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp super-admin add closemarketing<\/code><\/code><\/pre>.\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Change_password_to_a_user\"><\/span>Change password to a user<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>.\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code class=\"\">wp user update USER --user_pass=###<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a list that I will be updating of the most common operations I perform with WordPress CLI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Common Operations CLI WordPress Commands - Development","_seopress_titles_desc":"This is a list that I will be updating of the most common operations I perform with WordPress CLI. 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