WordPress: WP-CLI

Learn to use the WordPress command-line interface, and the scenarios when it’s preferable over the dashboard.

Introduction

• What is WP-CLI?
• Who is it for?
• What you should know

1. Setting up WP-CLI

• How WordPress works under the hood
• Environment setup
• Using WP-CLI with Local
• Manually installing WP-CLI
• A look at WP-CLI commands

2. Updating and Modifying WordPress

• Interacting with Core
• Working with themes
• Working with plugins
• Sidebars, widgets, and menus

3. Working with Posts and Other Content

• Getting post type information
• Managing existing posts
• Generating dummy data
• Interacting with comments
• Terms and taxonomies
• Managing media

4. Users, Options, and Caches

• Roles and capabilities
• Managing specific users
• Reading and changing options
• Flushing cache, transients, and embeds

5. Working with the WordPress Database

• Overview of wp db commands
• Querying the database
• Maintaining the database
• Exporting, importing, search, and replace

6. There's So Much More

• Installing WordPress using WP-CLI
• Advanced WP-CLI topics

Conclusion

• Next steps