WP-CLI: Manage WordPress from Command Line

What is WP-CLI

WP-CLI is the official command-line tool for WordPress. Manage everything without wp-admin access.

Install

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

Essential Commands

wp core update
wp plugin update --all
wp db export backup.sql
wp search-replace 'http://old.com' 'https://new.com' --all-tables --dry-run