wordpress-content

# Simple post
wp @site post create \
  --post_type=post \
  --post_title="My New Blog Post" \
  --post_content="<p>Post content here.</p>" \
  --post_status=draft \
  --post_category=3,5
 
# Post from HTML file (better for long content)
wp @site post create ./post-content.html \
  --post_type=post \
  --post_title="My New Blog Post" \
  --post_status=draft \
  --post_excerpt="A brief summary of the post." \
  --post_category=3,5 \
  --tags_input="tag1,tag2"

wp @site post create \
  --post_type=page \
  --post_title="About Us" \
  --post_content="<h2>Our Story</h2><p>Content here...</p>" \
  --post_status=publish \
  --post_parent=0 \
  --menu_order=10

wp @site post create \
  --post_type=post \
  --post_title="Scheduled Post" \
  --post_content="<p>This goes live tomorrow.</p>" \
  --post_status=future \
  --post_date="2026-02-23 09:00:00"

# Upload from URL
wp @site media import "https://example.com/image.jpg" \
  --title="Product Photo" \
  --alt="Product front view" \
  --caption="Our latest product"
 
# Upload from local file (requires SCP first for remote sites)
scp ./image.jpg user@host:/tmp/image.jpg
wp @site media import /tmp/image.jpg --title="Local Upload"
 
# Import and set as featured image in one step
wp @site media import "https://example.com/hero.jpg" \
  --title="Hero" --featured_image --post_id={id}
 
# List media
wp @site post list --post_type=attachment --fields=ID,post_title,guid
 
# Regenerate thumbnails
wp @site media regenerate --yes

# Get the attachment ID from the import output, then:
wp @site post meta update {post_id} _thumbnail_id {attachment_id}

# List categories
wp @site term list category --fields=term_id,name,slug,count
 
# Create category
wp @site term create category "News" --slug=news --description="Company news and updates"
 
# Create child category
wp @site term create category "Product News" --slug=product-news --parent=5
 
# Update category
wp @site term update category {term_id} --name="Updated Name"
 
# Assign category to post
wp @site post term add {post_id} category news

# List tags
wp @site term list post_tag --fields=term_id,name,slug,count
 
# Create tag
wp @site term create post_tag "new-tag"
 
# Add tags during post creation
wp @site post create --post_title="..." --tags_input="seo,marketing,tips"
 
# Add tags to existing post
wp @site post term add {post_id} post_tag seo marketing tips

# List menus
wp @site menu list --fields=term_id,name,slug,count
 
# List items in a menu
wp @site menu item list main-menu --fields=db_id,type,title,link,position
 
# Add page to menu
wp @site menu item add-post main-menu {page_id} --title="About Us"
 
# Add custom link
wp @site menu item add-custom main-menu "Contact" "https://example.com/contact/"
 
# Add category archive to menu
wp @site menu item add-term main-menu category {term_id}
 
# Reorder (set position)
wp @site menu item update {item_id} --position=3
 
# Delete menu item
wp @site menu item delete {item_id}

# Update post title and content
wp @site post update {post_id} \
  --post_title="Updated Title" \
  --post_content="<p>New content.</p>"
 
# Update from file
wp @site post update {post_id} ./updated-content.html
 
# Search posts
wp @site post list --s="search term" --fields=ID,post_title
 
# Bulk update status
wp @site post list --post_type=post --post_status=draft --field=ID | \
  xargs -I {} wp @site post update {} --post_status=publish
 
# Delete (trash)
wp @site post delete {post_id}
 
# Delete permanently
wp @site post delete {post_id} --force

# Get all meta for a post
wp @site post meta list {post_id} --fields=meta_key,meta_value
 
# Get specific meta
wp @site post meta get {post_id} meta_key
 
# Set meta
wp @site post meta update {post_id} meta_key "meta_value"
 
# Add meta (allows duplicates)
wp @site post meta add {post_id} meta_key "meta_value"
 
# Delete meta
wp @site post meta delete {post_id} meta_key

# Dry run first — always
wp @site search-replace "old text" "new text" --dry-run
 
# Execute
wp @site search-replace "old text" "new text" --precise
 
# Limit to specific table
wp @site search-replace "old" "new" wp_posts --precise
 
# Limit to specific column
wp @site search-replace "old" "new" wp_posts post_content --precise

# Export all content
wp @site export --dir=/tmp/
 
# Export specific post type
wp @site export --post_type=post --dir=/tmp/
 
# Import
wp @site import /path/to/file.xml --authors=mapping.csv

# Check the post
wp @site post get {post_id} --fields=ID,post_title,post_status,guid
 
# Get the live URL
wp @site post get {post_id} --field=guid
 
# List recent posts
wp @site post list --post_type=post --posts_per_page=5 --fields=ID,post_title,post_status,post_date

# Base64 encode credentials
AUTH=$(echo -n "username:xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx" | base64)
 
# Use in requests
curl -s https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $AUTH" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

curl -s https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $AUTH" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "My New Post",
    "content": "<p>Post content here.</p>",
    "status": "draft",
    "categories": [3, 5],
    "tags": [10, 12],
    "excerpt": "Brief summary",
    "featured_media": 456
  }' | jq '{id, link, status}'

curl -s https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/pages \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $AUTH" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "title": "About Us",
    "content": "<h2>Our Story</h2><p>Content...</p>",
    "status": "publish",
    "parent": 0
  }'

curl -s https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $AUTH" \
  -H "Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=photo.jpg" \
  -H "Content-Type: image/jpeg" \
  --data-binary @photo.jpg | jq '{id, source_url}'

curl -s https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories \
  -H "Authorization: Basic $AUTH" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "News", "slug": "news", "description": "Company updates"}'

cat > /tmp/post-content.html << 'EOF'
<h2>Section Heading</h2>
<p>Paragraph content with <strong>bold</strong> and <a href="/link">links</a>.</p>
<ul>
  <li>List item one</li>
  <li>List item two</li>
</ul>
EOF
 
wp @site post create /tmp/post-content.html --post_title="My Post" --post_status=draft

while IFS=, read -r title slug content_file category; do
  wp @site post create "$content_file" \
    --post_type=post \
    --post_title="$title" \
    --post_name="$slug" \
    --post_category="$category" \
    --post_status=draft
  sleep 0.5
done < posts.csv