A new release of 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/, WP-CLI v2.12.0, is now available. For this release, we had 68 contributors collaborate to get 382 pull requests merged. 

As always, big thanks to the WP-CLI sponsors that make the continued maintenance possible.

This release includes numerous bug fixes and compatibility improvements, but we still could teach WP-CLI a few new tricks which I’ll highlight below. As always, you can also skip directly to the detailed changelog if you prefer.

If you already use WP-CLI, updating is as simple as wp cli update. Else, check out our website for recommended installation methods.

Pluck & patch commands for caches and transients

The cache and transient commands have now also learned the subtle art of plucking and patching. This means that you can directly manipulate individual entries in an array of values that these commands let you manage.

Here’s an example of how such an operation can look and how it compare to the regular cache/transient operations:

# Transient structure
# 'some_key' => ['foo' => ['bar' => 'baz']]

# Retrieve the transient value
$ wp transient get some_key --format=json
{'foo':{'bar':'baz'}}

# Retrieve the value of the foo => bar subkey
$ wp transient pluck some_key foo bar
baz

# Replace baz with bazzer
$ wp transient patch update some_key foo bar bazzer
Success: Updated transient 'some_key'.

Post lists can now handle complex query flags

When using post list, you can now use JSONJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. notation to provide complex query arguments to the --tax_query, --meta_query and --post_date fields.

$ wp post list --field=post_title --date_query='{"before":{"year":"2024"}}
+--------------------------+
| post_title               |
+--------------------------+
| My year in review - 2021 |
| My year in review - 2022 |
| My year in review - 2023 |
+--------------------------+

$ wp post list --field=post_title --tax_query='[{"taxonomy":"category","field":"slug","terms":"first-category"}]'
...

$ wp post list --field=post_title --meta_query='[{"key":"key2","value":"value2b"}]'
...

Post 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. can be forced to only return a single value

The post meta get command now has a --single flag defaulting to true which can be negated with --no-single. This flag tells WordPress whether to only return a single value or all existing values for a given key.

# Create a post meta key for post with ID 123 that has multiple values
$ wp post meta add 123 my_meta_key value_1
$ wp post meta add 123 my_meta_key value_2
$ wp post meta add 123 my_meta_key value_4

# Retrieve a single value
$ wp post meta get 123 my_meta_key --single
value_1

# Retrieve all values
$ wp post meta get 123 my_meta_key --no-single --format=json
["value_1","value_2","value_3"]

Exclude files on core checksum verification

When running a core checksum verification, you can exclude one or more files from the checksum verification with the new --exclude=<files> flag, which takes a comma-separated list of filepaths relative to the current root.

# Make a change to the README file in the WordPress core root folder
$ echo "nonsense" > readme.html

# Run the core checksum verification
$ wp core verify-checksums --exclude='readme.html'
Success: WordPress installation verifies against checksums.

Respect requires and requires_php tags for plugins and themes

The 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 and theme commands now understand and respect the requires and requires_php headerHeader The header of your site is typically the first thing people will experience. The masthead or header art located across the top of your page is part of the look and feel of your website. It can influence a visitor’s opinion about your content and you/ your organization’s brand. It may also look different on different screen sizes. tags when trying ot install or update extensions. A new state unavailable has been introduced to denote the updates that are newer that your current installation but for which your site does not fulfill the requirements.

This also adds new fields requires and requires_php which are displayed if they contain relevant information and otherwise hidden by default.

$ wp plugin list
+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------+--------------+
| name           | status   | update      | version | update_version | auto_update | requires | requires_php |
+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------+--------------+
| akismet        | inactive | available   | 5.1     | 5.3.5          | off         | 5.8      | 5.6.20       |
| edit-flow      | inactive | none        | 0.9.9   |                | off         | 6.0      | 8.0          |
| wp-super-cache | inactive | unavailable | 1.9.4   | 1.12.4         | off         | 6.5      | 7.0          |
+----------------+----------+-------------+---------+----------------+-------------+----------+--------------+

$ wp plugin update wp-super-cache
Warning: wp-super-cache: This update requires WordPress version 6.5, but the version installed is 6.2.
Error: No plugins updated.

More control over make-json generation

The make-json command was made more powerful again. You can not only set a custom text domain to be used, you can also define the file extension to parse.

# Use a custom text domain
$ wp i18n make-json foo-theme --domain=my-custom-domain
Success: Created 1 file.

# Include typescript files
$ wp i18n make-json foo-theme --extensions=".ts, .tsx"
Success: Created 2 files.

Force update checks on plugin|theme list

When displaying the list of plugins or themes, WP-CLI now always ensures you get fresh data. No need to manually clear transients anymore! The existing --skip-update-check flag can be used to prevent this behavior.

# Clears any update transients to trigger an update check and display results
$ wp plugin list --fields=name,status,update --force-check
+-------------+----------+--------+
| name        | status   | update |
+-------------+----------+--------+
| hello-dolly | inactive | none   |
+-------------+----------+--------+

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. 8.4 Compatiblity

WP-CLI is now fully compatible with PHP 8.4. This has required quite a bit of trickery and hacks to maintain compatibility with our current minimum of PHP 5.6+ at the same time. With the next release, we’ll bump the minimum PHP version to 7.2.24+, which will allow us to get rid of all these workarounds again.

Detailed Change Log

wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle

• Fix Phar path resolution with renamed binaries [#752]
• Deployment: Fix FILENAME env var [#696]
• Address deprecation warnings in Behat tests [#663]

wp-cli/wp-cli

• Replace duplicate-post plugin with debug-bar in feature tests [#6091]
• Use forked mustache library [#6090]
• Escape CSV output [#6089]
• Make sure existing esc_like() takes precedence [#6088]
• Set display_errors to stderr (lowercase) instead of STDERR [#6084]
• Fix update step for nightlies [#6075]
• Detect MariaDB vs 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/. [#6072]
• Update WP-CLI update message [#6071]
• Add WP_CLI_REQUIRE environment variable for including extra PHP files [#6070]
• Remove array_column() compatibility function [#6068]
• Support multiple files in WP_CLI_EARLY_REQUIRE [#6065]
• Properly create missing WP-CLI configuration file when needed [#6062]
• Improve command suggestions for taxonomies and post types [#6059]
• Fix undefined variable issue [#6058]
• Pass working-directory and stdin to docker scheme [#5974] & [#6057]
• Add test for line breaks in table view [#6055]
• Ensure code after wp-settings.php call is loaded [#6042]
• Allow collecting PHPUnit coverage [#6041]
• don’t forcefully exec() docker version [#6040]
• Improve regular expression for detecting wp-settings.php [#6039]
• Check PHP version requirement in update check [#6037]
• Add hook to http_request() utility function [#6036]
• Add PHPDoc for cmd_starts_with() method [#6034]
• Update expected error message in unit tests [#6032]
• Update outdated AJAX documentation link [#6031]
• Add global documentation [#6017]
• Allow remote binary customization [#6013]
• Add configurable user agent to WP-CLI to detect in firewall logs [#5998]
• Convert PHPUnit deprecations into exceptions [#5994]
• Remove unused automerge workflow [#5992]
• Fix CSV escaping deprecation notices [#5991]
• Check for root earlier [#5987]
• Remove use of E_STRICT for wp_debug_mode() [#5986]
• Fix deprecation notices for ReflectionProperty::setValue() [#5984]
• Fix “missing return type” deprecation warnings in WP_CLI\Iterators\CSV [#5983]
• Fix implicitly nullable parameters [#5982]
• Update Requests to v2.0.12 [#5981]
• Update log and warning logger functions comment according to the actual functionality [#5979]
• Add defaults and accepted values for runcommand() options in documentation [#5953]

wp-cli/handbook

• Update documentation to include new WP_CLI_SSH_BINARY value [#559]
• Add documentation for newly supported ENV vars [#556]
• Update URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org for True-False Hosting [#553]

wp-cli/cache-command

• Fix expired transients tests [#104]
• Allow manually dispatching tests workflow [#99]
• Make transient test more robust against added transients by coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. [#98]
• Add pluck & patch commands for caches and transients [#89]

wp-cli/checksum-command

• Add blank space when trimming the version [#130]
• Add --exclude argument for verifying checksums [#123]
• Remove unused variable [#134]
• Don’t check missing files [#131]

wp-cli/config-command

• Don’t require file to be writable for config has [#187]
• Suppress output of eval(get_wp_config_code) preventing errors printing twice [#188]

wp-cli/core-command

• Fix flaky tests due to changing download URL [#277]
• Allow installing major version with trailing zero [#276]
• Use existing WpOrgApi helper class [#283]
• Add doc comment for $insecure [#281]
• Host shouldn’t include http:// [#279]

wp-cli/cron-command

• Harden test checking for log file [#111]

wp-cli/db-command

• Correct error message in db search for --format=count [#267]
• Update db search documentation [#265]
• Add --add-drop-table to export command options [#263]
• Improve MariaDB detection/compatibility [#280]
• Add affected rows count for queries that can modify data in db query [#277]
• Don’t hardcode MySQL command names [#275]

wp-cli/entity-command

• Add missing options header in signup list command [#508]
• Ensure user update returns non-zero exit code for invalid users [#527]
• Make term-migrate test more robust [#524]
• Add a flag for getting post meta as a single value or not [#523]
• Add JSON input support for tax_query and meta_query [#522]
• Add JSON input support for date_query argument [#520]
• wp option – new autoload values in autoload 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. [#515]
• Return a proper WP_Error object when failing to update a comment [#514]
• Add test cases asserting post/term update error exit codes [#513]
• Safeguard remove cap from collisions with roles [#530]

wp-cli/export-command

• Use get_post_stati() instead of get_post_statuses() to support all registered post statuses in export [#121]

wp-cli/extension-command

• Use strpos() instead of str_contains() in get_wporg_data() function [#432]
• Don’t use transient values when doing plugin|theme list [#446]
• Fix fatal error issue in in_array() function [#445]
• Support requires and requires_php in plugin|theme list and plugin|theme update commands [#440]
• Update logic when deleting and uninstalling plugins [#438]
• Check WordPress and PHP requirements before installing a theme or plugin [#436]
• Add --force-check flag to wp plugin list and wp theme list. [#426]
• Cache certain 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/ URLs [#385]

wp-cli/i18n-command

• Convert PHPUnit deprecations to exceptions [#413]
• make-pot: scan any theme.json file in any level [#424]
• Add ability to pass extensions to make-json command [#439]
• Update schema fallback files [#431]
• make-json: Add new --domain argument [#430]
• update-po: merge X-Domain header [#429]
• Add php-format and js-format flags [#428]

wp-cli/language-command

• Mention site switch-language in readme [#159]
• Allow filtering languages by multiple statuses [#162]

wp-cli/php-cli-tools

• Example code: remove use of E_STRICT [#175]
• Fix implicitly nullable parameters [#173]
• Replace tabs in tables with 4 spaces [#181]
• Properly handle line breaks in column value [#179]
• Support line breaks and tab replacement in tabular table values [#182]
• Fix removal of trailing tab / whitespace in tabular table [#184]
• Avoid deprecation warnings in newer PHP [#185]

wp-cli/rewrite-command

• Improve warning message in rewrite flush [#69]

wp-cli/scaffold-command

• Convert PHPUnit deprecations to exceptions [#348]
• Add dependency checks and error handling for svn and download tools [#345]
• Accept Bitbucket as valid CI in scaffold plugin [#340]
• Update Bitbucket CI [#339]
• Update templates for child themeChild theme A Child Theme is a customized theme based upon a Parent Theme. It’s considered best practice to create a child theme if you want to modify the CSS of your theme. https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/advanced-topics/child-themes/. scaffolding [#342]
• Update custom post typeCustom Post Type WordPress can hold and display many different types of content. A single item of such a content is generally called a post, although post is also a specific post type. Custom Post Types gives your site the ability to have templated posts, to simplify the concept. and taxonomyTaxonomy A taxonomy is a way to group things together. In WordPress, some common taxonomies are category, link, tag, or post format. https://codex.wordpress.org/Taxonomies#Default_Taxonomies. scaffolding [#341]
• Update GitLab CI configuration file [#338]
• Remove grunt from plugin scaffolding [#337]

wp-cli/shell-command

• Add missing do construct [#68]

wp-cli/wp-config-transformer

• Add read-only option for WPConfigTransformer [#54]
• Add a branch-alias for dev-main [#55]
• Deletion of constants deletes more lines than expected [#53]

Contributors

@9ete, @amirhmoradi, @baizmandesign, @benjaminprojas, @BhargavBhandari90, @cliffordp, @daalderp, @dac514, @danielbachhuber, @dd32, @dkoston, @dlind1, @drzraf, @elenachavdarova, @ernilambar, @gedex, @gitlost, @greatislander, @herregroen, @i-am-chitti, @iDschepe, @imrraaj, @itsmekopila, @janw-me, @jenkoian, @jkrrv, @jrfnl, @karthick-murugan, @l3ku, @localheinz, @marksabbath, @matiasbenedetto, @matzeeable, @meszarosrob, @michaelw85, @michaelzangl, @mostafasoufi, @mrsdizzie, @oandregal, @ocean90, @ouikhuan, @PARTHVATALIYA, @pbiron, @peterwilsoncc, @petitphp, @pfefferle, @pmbaldha, @ponsfrilus, @pwtyler, @ramonjd, @rodrigoprimo, @Roy-Orbison, @saas786, @sabithahmd, @sdnunca, @shendy-a8c, @shreya0204, @siliconforks, @strarsis, @swissspidy, @todeveni, @Tug, @tyrann0us, @wojsmol, @wpeople-dev, @WPprodigy, @yousan

#release, #v2-12-0

A new release of 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/, WP-CLI v2.11.0, is now available. For this release, we had 61 contributors collaborate to get 274 pull requests merged. 

As always, big thanks to the WP-CLI sponsors that make the continued maintenance possible.

This is a small release that fixes a lot of small and not so small bugs, but we also have a couple of new features that I’ll want to highlight. As always, you can also skip directly to the detailed changelog if you prefer.

If you already use WP-CLI, updating is as simple as wp cli update. Else, check out our website for recommended installation methods.

Thank you for providing the additional details on the pull requests. I’ll go through each one and provide improved highlights with examples and usage details:

Improved CSV Handling

The CSV reading functionality has been enhanced to properly handle multi-line values. This fix ensures that complex CSV data can be processed correctly, improving the reliability of commands that work with CSV input.

Example of a CSV file that can now be correctly processed:

id,name,description
1,"Product A","This is a
multi-line
description"
2,"Product B","Another description"

New Signup Management Commands

New commands have been added for managing signups on 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. installations:

• wp user signup list: List signups
• wp user signup get: Get details about a signup
• wp user signup activate: Activate one or more signups
• wp user signup delete: Delete one or more signups

Example usage:

# List all signups
$ wp user signup list

# Activate a signup
$ wp user signup activate johndoe@example.com

# Delete a signup
$ wp user signup delete 123

New Site Generator Command

A new wp site generate command has been added to create multiple sites programmatically in a multisite installation. This is useful for testing or development purposes.

Example usage:

# Generate 10 new sites
$ wp site generate --count=10

# Generate sites with a specific slug
$ wp site generate --count=2 --slug=testsite

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/ Release Installation Support

The extension command now supports installing plugins and themes directly from GitHub releases. This feature allows users to easily install and manage extensions hosted on GitHub without manual downloads.

Example usage:

# Install a plugin from its latest GitHub release
$ wp plugin install https://github.com/username/plugin-name/releases/latest

# Install a specific version of a theme from GitHub
$ wp theme install https://github.com/username/theme-name/releases/tag/v1.2.3

Improved 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 Management

A new --recently-active option has been added to the plugin list command, allowing users to quickly identify and manage plugins that have been recently active on their site.

Example usage:

# List recently active plugins
$ wp plugin list --recently-active

# Activate all recently active plugins
$ wp plugin activate $(wp plugin list --recently-active --field=name)

Option to Delete Unknown Image Sizes

A new --delete-unknown flag has been added to the wp media regenerate command. This allows users to remove files and image metadata for image sizes that no longer exist in the site’s configuration, without regenerating other thumbnails.

Example usage:

# Remove unknown image sizes for all images
$ wp media regenerate --delete-unknown

# Remove unknown image sizes for a specific image
$ wp media regenerate 123 --delete-unknown

This feature is particularly useful for cleaning up after changing image size configurations or removing plugins that added custom image sizes.

User Existence Check Command

A new wp user exists command has been added, similar to the existing wp post exists command. This allows for quick checks on whether a user exists in the WordPress database.

Example usage:

# The user exists.
$ wp user exists 1337
Success: User with ID 1337 exists.
$ echo $?
0

# The user does not exist.
$ wp user exists 10000
$ echo $?
1

Fish Shell Completion Support

WP-CLI now supports command completion for the Fish shell, expanding its compatibility beyond Bash and Zsh. This addition makes it easier for Fish shell users to work with WP-CLI commands.

Detailed change log

To avoid too much noise in the list above, the following types of pull requests have been omitted:

• PRs that only bumped dependencies to their latest version.
• PRs that only fixed a typo in the documentation.
• PRs that add a Composer script.

Contributors

#release, #v2-11-0

The v2.8.0 release of 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/ is scheduled to be published on Wednesday, May 3rd 2023.

Amongst others a multitude of bug fixes and some new features, we’re also expecting this release to fix all known 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. 8.2 issues within WP-CLI itself.

The release candidateRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. for this release will already be available sometime during the week prior, to allow for early testing. We will announce the availability of that release candidate in the #hosting-community channel to allow hosters to do early smoke testing.

#release, #v2-8-0

A new release of 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/ is available as of today: WP-CLI v2.7.0. For this release, we had 48 contributors collaborate to get 195 pull requests merged. 🎉

As always, big thanks to the WP-CLI sponsors that make the continued maintenance possible. ❤️

This is a small release with the main purpose of getting some much needed bug fixes into a stable version. Nevertheless, we also have a few new features that I’ll want to highlight. As always, you can also skip directly to the detailed changelog if you prefer.

Support for docker-compose run

The --ssh flag and ssh configuration key (and along with them the remote execution aliases) have learned a new scheme: docker-compose-run:.

The docker: and docker-compose: schemes for the ssh option are useful, but they only work when the target container is already running and therefore supports running a shell command via docker[-compose] exec.

Some environments, for example the wordpress-develop local development environment, run WP-CLI via a container that only starts when needed and therefore requires the use of run instead of exec.

With the support of the new docker-compose-run scheme in place you could put the following config into the root of any project that uses wordpressdevelop/cli and then simply use wp <cmd> instead of npm run env:cli -- <cmd> or docker-compose run cli -- <cmd>.

# wp-cli.yml
ssh: docker-compose-run:cli

Customizable global parameters

It was not previously possible to extend the list of parameters without modifying the WP-CLI source files. While we are still considering different options for making the global parameters extensibleExtensible This is the ability to add additional functionality to the code. Plugins extend the WordPress core software. via a clean APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways., we already needed a short-term solution for a specific use case.

Because of this, we now introduced a set of small changes that allow the global parameters to be adapted on a “platform level”. This means that, for now, you can change the global parameters, but only if you control the environment in which WP-CLI is being executed in. This functionality works through the combination of the following changes:

• A new constant WP_CLI_CONFIG_SPEC_FILTER_CALLBACK is being checked to 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. the array that the config-spec.php file has provided.
• A new environment variable WP_CLI_EARLY_REQUIRE is checked to allow for the environment to provide extra 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. bootstrapping logic.

You can use both of these to let the WP_CLI_EARLY_REQUIRE load a PHP file that defines a new filter callback and then sets the WP_CLI_CONFIG_SPEC_FILTER_CALLBACK to point to that filter.

This test snippet shows an example of how these two mechanisms can be used in tandem:

Download WordPress CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. files without extracting them

Previously, you could already use the core download command not only to retrieve the set of files from the WordPress central servers. But we did not have a way to solely download a ZIP archive of WordPress Core instead.

Now you can do so via the --extract flag. This is on by default to keep with the current behavior, but you can now switch extraction off by adding the --no-extract flag.

Why would you do that, if it is a single file download you could also trigger via wget or curl? Well, for one, it uses the 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. stack of WordPress/WP-CLI to do the download. And what’s more, it allows you to use the smart WP-CLI flags like --version to automatically retrieve the file from the right URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org.

Directly install a specific locale

Previously, when you wanted to install a locale of WordPress Core other than the default en_US, you had to first run a wp core install, and then switch the locale in a second step.

Now, WP-CLI allows you to select a specific locale right away via core install‘s new --locale flag.

Ordering of the db size results

To quickly see what the biggest tables in your installation are, you can now make use of the new --order and --orderby flags. The most useful example would be to use --orderby=size --order=desc to get the largest tables first.

Clean duplicate 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. values

Due to limitations of the WordPress database schema, the WordPress importer can end up inadvertently creating duplicate post meta entries if the import is run multiple times.

WP-CLI has now learned a new command to remove duplicate post meta values for a given meta key.

# Delete duplicate post meta.
wp post meta clean-duplicates 1234 enclosure
Success: Cleaned up duplicate 'enclosure' meta values.

Exclude select plugins on certain 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 commands

The plugin commands activate, deactivate, delete and uninstall now accept an additional --exclude flag if you use their --all flag.

The --exclude accepts a comma-separated list of plugin slugs, and allows you to do operations in the vein of “deactivate all plugins except for these few ones”.

# Deactivate all plugins with exclusion
$ wp plugin deactivate --all --exclude=hello,wordpress-seo
Plugin 'contact-form-7' deactivated.
Plugin 'ninja-forms' deactivated.
Success: Deactivated 2 of 2 plugins.

Multiple changes to the i18n support

In our ongoing effort to further internationalization support within GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/, we have made yet another around of i18n changes and additions.

Most of the changes deal with changes to block.json and theme.json, in order to support all the latest fields and mechanisms.

Also, there is now a new update-po command. Up until now, if you added a new translation to one of your plugins, you could update the messages.pot file with make-pot, but you’d have to update existing po files with the new translation by hand. With the new i18n update-po (which is a WP-CLI alternative to msgmerge), you get around this without requiring manual edits.

And finally, i18n now supports PHP Blade templates as an additional input format to parse for translations.

Detailed change log

To avoid too much noise in the list above, the following types of pull requests have been omitted:

• PRs that only bumped dependencies to their latest version.
• PRs that only fixed a typo in the documentation.
• PRs that add an allow-plugins rule to Composer

wp-cli/wp-cli-bundle

• Add eftect/bladeone to PHAR for i18n-command [#417]

wp-cli/wp-cli

• Add support for docker-compose run to the --ssh option [#5637]
• Internalize global_terms_enabled() [#5684]
• Add cache directory path to cli info output [#5681]
• Always return PHP_BINARY when using a PHAR bundle [#5672]
• Load config-spec.php in a “filterable” way [#5664]
• Use different action for admin context logic [#5663]
• Require v3.1.6 of wp-cli/wp-cli-tests [#5659]
• Address some PHP 8.1 deprecation notices [#5658]
• Document return type for WP_CLI::halt() as never [#5651]
• Fix skip theme tests [#5646]
• Add missing $upgrade argument to enable_maintenance_mode filter [#5630]
• Handle optional option values in SynopsisParser::render() [#5618]
• Add missing relative namespace [#5616]

wp-cli/handbook

• Add additional instructions to override the DB test credentials. [#410]

wp-cli/cache-command

• Make transients deletion test more robust [#74]

wp-cli/config-command

• Prevent WP_DEBUG already defined when provided via --extra-php [#144]

wp-cli/core-command

• Add --extract flag to core download [#204]
• Update the link in the docblock of core multisite-convert command [#201]
• Add --locale parameter [#133]
• Remove only themes/plugins folders on --skip-content [#212]

wp-cli/db-command

• Fix broken tests due to DB connection failure error message change [#224]
• Stop reordering most 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/. arguments [#221]
• Add support for --order, --orderby flags in db size command [#226]

wp-cli/entity-command

• Use https in post generate example [#355]
• Support filtering for users without a role with --role=none [#360]
• Sync user-contributed example to user delete [#358]
• Fix JSONJSON JSON, or JavaScript Object Notation, is a minimal, readable format for structuring data. It is used primarily to transmit data between a server and web application, as an alternative to XML. formatting in feature file [#368]
• Add post meta clean-duplicates <id> <key> command [#366]
• Document primary_blog meta key for users [#365]
• Allow user_url to be set with user create [#372]
• Show error when parameter is missing in option patch [#371]
• Use current_time() for setting the default value for user_registered in user create [#378]
• Add examples for option patch command [#375]

wp-cli/export-command

• Fix test for attachment serialization [#96]

wp-cli/extension-command

• Add optional --exclude=<name> argument for multiple plugin commands [#321]
• Fix broken Behat tests [#318]
• Add title/description for mu-plugins [#305]
• Avoid deleting parent of active theme unless using --force [#324]
• Exit with 0 when checked theme is active parent theme [#327]

wp-cli/i18n-command

• Extract pattern metadata (title & description) [#312]
• Look for theme.json files in the styles directory of a theme [#311]
• Translate title field from theme.json [#306]
• Add support for PHP-Blade files [#304]
• Fix include logic where include path is subdirectory of excluded path [#302]
• Add missing docs for make-mo command [#315]
• Add update-po command [#316]
• Improve warnings for strings with different comments [#318]
• Extract some shared code into FileDataExtractor [#321]
• Update and combine theme.json and block.json extractors [#319]
• Improve theme patterns and styles lookup [#320]
• Use preg_match instead of mb_ereg [#317]
• Prefix JSON files with text domain if needed [#313]

wp-cli/import-command

• Bail with status code if file does not exist [#75]

wp-cli/language-command

• Add warning for nonexistent plugins [#115]

wp-cli/media-command

• Fix read error detection in EXIF discovery [#162]

wp-cli/package-command

• Adapt test for changed Composer output [#151]

wp-cli/php-cli-tools

• Fix ${var} string interpolation deprecation [#148]
• Fix logic to check for TTY [#146]

wp-cli/scaffold-command

• Deprecate scaffold block in favor of @wordpress/create-block [#311]
• Add 'testsuite' name in phpunit.xml.dist [#310]
• Add backup files ending with tilde to default .distignore [#273]

wp-cli/search-replace-command

• Restore blogdescription to fix test [#171]
• Add further suppression of warnings and notices [#172]

wp-cli/server-command

• Restore blogdescription to fix test [#75]

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