Daniel Bachhuber 12:00 am on October 25, 2016  

Version 0.25.0 released

Happy release day!

Today, I’m excited to bring you WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/ v0.25.0. Check out the newly published roadmap for details on upcoming releases and product focus (hint: there’s a future where WP-CLI no longer supports PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/preface.php. 5.3).

Let’s dive in.

Compatibility with WordPress 4.7

WordPress 4.7 introduces a new WP_Hook implementation for registering and executing actions and filters. Because WP-CLI has its own WP_CLI::add_wp_hook() that was erroneously accessing the $wp_filter global even when the add_filter() function was available, WP-CLI could fatal in certain circumstances. WP-CLI now appropriately calls add_filter() when it’s available.

Importantly, due to the nature of these changes, WP-CLI versions prior to 0.25.0 will be incompatible with WordPress 4.7.

Inspect the change in this pull request.

New packages in the Package Index

The WP-CLI community has been quite active in creating new tools for you to use (and contribute back to):

  • aaemnnosttv/wp-cli-login-command – Log in to WordPress with secure passwordless magic links.
  • alessandrotesoro/wp-cli-helpscout-docs-parser – Extract helpscout docs articles and categories to build an offline documentation.
  • alessandrotesoro/wp-usergen-cli – Generate random users for testing purposes.
  • anhskohbo/wp-cli-themecheck – Run Themecheck in WP-CLI.
  • BeAPI/wp-cli-light-db-export – Allows you to export big databases with all the tables but not all the data.
  • binarygary/db-checkpoint – Treat your DB like a save point in a video game.
  • brightoak/wp-cli-envoyer – Invoke an Envoyer deployment via WP-CLI.
  • getshifter/wp-cli-shifter – Enables you to import/export your WordPress site for the Shifter.
  • eriktorsner/wp-checksum – Verify checksums for themes and plugins.
  • iandunn/wp-cli-plugin-active-on-sites – List all sites in a multisiteMultisite Multisite is a WordPress feature which allows users to create a network of sites on a single WordPress installation. Available since WordPress version 3.0, Multisite is a continuation of WPMU or WordPress Multiuser project. WordPress MultiUser project was discontinued and its features were included into WordPress core.https://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network. network that have activated a given pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party.
  • markri/wp-sec – Checks for WordPress CVE security issues at wpvulndb.com.
  • mattgrshaw/wp-installer – Simple commands to install and uninstall WordPress.
  • pressbooks/pb-cli – A suite of wp-cli commands for Pressbooks.
  • runcommand/assign-featured-images – Assign featured images to posts that support thumbnails.
  • runcommand/manifest – Produces an overview of WordPress’ configuration for a high-level understanding of what’s going on inside of WordPress.
  • rxnlabs/wp-composer – Manage your WordPress site dependencies using the power of Composer.
  • trendwerk/faker – Fake post data with WP-CLI.
  • trepmal/blog-extractor – Extract a single blog from multisite.
  • trepmal/wp-revisions-cli – Manage revisionsRevisions The WordPress revisions system stores a record of each saved draft or published update. The revision system allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by dragging a slider (or using the Next/Previous buttons). The display indicates what has changed in each revision..
  • welaika/wp-cli-db2utf8 – Downgrade db encoding of a new WP installation to UTF8.

Install any one of these with wp package install <package-name> (where <package-name> is typically the <user>/<repo>). When you do, go say thanks to the author!

More ways to install WP-CLI packages

Although we’d love to see your package listed in the Package Index, we realize there are reasons you might not be able to do so. wp package install now supports installing an arbitrary GitGit Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git is easy to learn and has a tiny footprint with lightning fast performance. Most modern plugin and theme development is being done with this version control system. https://git-scm.com/. URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org [#3482], .zip file [#3485], or directory path [#3484] as a package.

$ wp package install git@github.com:runcommand/doctor.git
$ wp package install https://github.com/runcommand/doctor.zip
$ wp package install doctor

(doctor is the second premium WP-CLI command from runcommand)

It’s worth noting Composer’s behavior is slightly different for each package type:

  • Git URLs are treated as VCS repositories, and cloned to ~/.wp-cli/packages/vendor.
  • ZIP archives (remote and local) are extracted to ~/.wp-cli/packages/local, and added as path repositories.
  • Local directory paths are added as path repositories, which means Composer creates a symlink to the existing directory path. If the directory you’ve provided is removed, then the installation will break.

Everything else in 0.25.0

New commands:

  • wp db check – Runs mysqlcheck with the default --check option [#3332].
  • wp site option * – CRUD commands for managing WordPress site options [#3386].
  • wp user session * – CRUD commands for managing user sessions [#3307].

Command improvements:

  • wp cli update:
    • Introduces --stable to install or reinstall the latest stable version [#3430].
  • wp core config:
    • Adds comments to generated wp-config.php to better match the one provided by WordPress coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. [#3312].
  • wp core download:
    • Preserves case for --version argument to properly handle release candidates [#3283].
    • Ensures wp core download --version=latest produces correctly-versioned cache key [#3467].
  • wp core language update:
    • Fixes strict standard error about variable reference [#3380].
    • Permits updating language packs even when en_US is set as locale [#3397].
  • wp core multisite-(install|convert):
    • Warns when multisite constants can’t be inserted into wp-config.php, instead of erroneously inserting at the end [#3272].
    • Includes adequate vertical spacing around inserted constants [#3267].
  • wp core update-db:
    • Ensures wp core update-db --network --dry-run is actually dry [#3347].
  • wp core version:
    • Displays default core language in wp core version --extra [#3221].
  • wp import:
    • Indicates current file in WXR import progress indicator to communicate the total count is of the current file, not all files [#3270].
  • wp media regenerate:
    • Adds a simple progress indicator [#3407].
  • wp option list:
    • Adds --no-transients flag to ignore transients [#3452].
    • Adds --exclude=<exclude> argument to list options excluding a specific pattern [#3455].
  • wp package install
    • Displays package dependency details when installing a package with a dependency [#3418, #3425].
  • wp package uninstall
    • Removes a package’s dependencies when the package is removed [#3343].
    • Properly assigns $composer_backup when uninstalling [#3399].
  • wp plugin install:
    • Removes branch names from directories created for GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/-based ZIPs [#3314, #3451].
  • wp scaffold plugin-tests:
    • Uses PHP version specific to Trusty on CircleCI [#3359].
    • Uses correct default user for MySQLMySQL MySQL is a relational database management system. A database is a structured collection of data where content, configuration and other options are stored. https://www.mysql.com/. on CircleCI [#3457].
    • Uses the latest version of PHPUnit on Travis, depending on PHP version [#3463].
    • Adds WordPress Coding StandardsWordPress Coding Standards The Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPress Coding Standards Handbook. May also refer to The collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the PHP coding standards. to newly-scaffolded plugins [#3472].
  • wp search-replace:
    • Ensures tables are quoted to support all permitted characters [#3318].
    • Prevents error notice when export_insert_size isn’t defined [#3357].
    • Fails back to PHP if SQL triggers an error for some reason [#3387].
  • wp server:
    • Supports passing a custom .ini file to configure the server [#3330].
  • wp site create:
    • Use get_blog_details() for the site URL when creating a new site to ensure the correct URL is displayed [#3416].
  • wp site empty:
    • Ensures the entire uploads directory is empty [#3400].
  • wp theme install:
  • wp transient:
    • Consolidates wp transient delete-all and wp transient delete-expired to flags of wp transient delete [#3389].
  • wp user create:
    • Prevents email notifications when users are created because email notifications should only be sent when --send-email is provided [#3331].

Framework enhancements:

  • Updates Composer-based dependencies to latest [#3257, #3429, #3460, #3468].
  • Properly handles registering an instantiated object as a command [#3269].
  • Splits the ProcessRun class out to its own file [#3377, #3422].
  • Permits running test suite with WP_VERSION env variable [#3383, #3392].
  • Prevents error notice when using Utilsget_named_sem_ver() with WP versions [#3404].
  • Fixes fatal error for failed early database connection by handling dead_db() error on nocache_headers filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. [#3440].
  • Assigns a default $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] to prevent uncaught exception when wp_mail() is used [#3449].
  • Ignores url: in wp-cli.yml when alias is used, because aliases completely override user, url, path, ssh, and httpHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. [#3450].
  • Warns when WP_CLI::launch() ends up with return_code=-1, which could be caused by a custom compiled version of PHP that uses the --enable-sigchild option [#3458].
  • Provides more verbosity in wp_die() handler to give the end user more detail when a database connection fails [#3459].
  • Supports passing arguments to WP_CLI::do_hook() [#3470].
  • Logs the current alias when executing an alias group [#3471].
  • Only checks options for a positional argument when a value is present [#3481].
  • Variety of bash completion improvements [#3490, #3491, #3492].

Bug fixes across the board:

  • Defines all requisite dependencies for PHP 7 on Debian-based systems [#3208].
  • Ensures site --site_id= -> site --network_id= backwards compat shim only affects wp site create [#3227].
  • Catches exceptions thrown by RecursiveDirectoryIterator when verifying core checksums [#3266].
  • Passes slashed data in metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. commands [#3274].
  • Ensures appropriate WP-CLI package index URL is used in the composer.json [#3276].
  • Corrects reference of WP_CLI to use global namespace in WP_CLIUtilsget_temp_dir() [#3369].

Contributors to this release (pull requests, documentation, and package authors): 2ndkauboy, aaemnnosttv, alessandrotesoro, anhskohbo, balbuf, BeAPI, binarygary, bradp, brightoak, danielbachhuber, danilomaccioni, diggy, getshifter, eriktorsner, ernilambar, fisele, grappler, guillaumemolter, iandunn, johnbillion, jorgeatorres, kouratoras, markri, mattgrshaw, miya0001, mustafauysal, nyordanov, ocean90, petenelson, polevaultweb, pressbooks, rahulsprajapati, runcommand, rxnlabs, shulard, swissspidy, szepeviktor, taianunes, tnorthcutt, trendwerk, trepmal, veganista, welaika

You can browse the full list of resolved issues on Github.