Built-in Commands

Since there are a lot of functions that are supported by WP-CLI, there are separate commands to execute each action but most of them are straightforward. For example, the ‘wp admin’ command opens your admin area in the web browser whereas the ‘wp config’ command generates and reads the wp-config.php file.

Some commands have subcommands which allow you to fine-tune your query.

For example, the ‘wp post’ command allows you to list, create, and delete a post. But to perform each of this action, you need to use different subcommands –

• wp post create to create a new post.
• wp post delete to delete one or more posts.
• wp post list to get a list of posts.

Here is a list of all the built-in WP-CLI Commands.

Examples

You can use ‘wp help <command-name>’ to get more information and list of sub-commands. For example, ‘wp help post‘ will display information and list of sub-commands of post command. You can also use it get information sub-command. For example, ‘wp help post list‘.

Using WP-CLI’s ‘wp db’ command, you can even export or import your database right from the terminal. Have a look at the below subcommands to read more about them.

• wp db export – Exports the database to a file or to STDOUT.
• wp db import – Imports a database from a file or from STDIN.

Watch the following videos to get an insight of built-in commands and global parameters: