Wordpress cli install and first use steps

2022-09-09
#wordpress console cli automation headless-install

install wordpres cli

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curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
ln -s wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wpcli

# test
wpcli help cache --allow-root

initialize wordpress

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wpcli core download --version=5.5 --locale=de_DE --skip-content
wpcli config create --dbname=DATABASE-NAME --dbuser=DBUSERNAME --dbpass=PASSWORD --allow-root
wpcli core install --url="your_domain"  --title="Blog Title" --admin_user="admin username" --admin_password="enter_your_password" --admin_email="enter_your_email"

wp clear all default pages posts widgets plugins

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wpcli post delete $(wpcli post list --post_type='post' --format=ids --allow-root) --force --allow-root
wpcli post delete $(wpcli post list --post_type='post' --format=ids --allow-root) --allow-root
wpcli post delete $(wpcli post list --post_type='page' --format=ids --allow-root) --allow-root
wpcli plugin delete --all  --allow-root
wpcli theme delete $(wpcli theme list --status=inactive --field=name --allow-root) --allow-root
wpcli widget delete $(wpcli widget list sidebar-1 --fields=id --allow-root) --allow-root
wpcli widget delete $(wpcli widget list sidebar-2 --fields=id --allow-root) --allow-root

disable gutenberg

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wp plugin install disable-gutenberg --activateV

install theme from local

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wpcli theme install onepress.2.3.0.zip  --allow-root --activate