Wp Cli Wordpress Command Line Interface

---
name: "WP-CLI WordPress Command Line Interface"
slug: "wp-cli-wordpress-command-line-interface"
description: "WP-CLI is the official command-line interface for WordPress, maintained as an open source project with extensive command docs and release history. It gives agents a reliable way to automate plugin, theme, database, transient, user, and multisite operations without driving the wp-admin UI."
github_stars: 5056
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli"
author: "wp-cli"
category: "WordPress & CMS"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "wp-cli/wp-cli"
  github_stars: 5056
---

# WP-CLI WordPress Command Line Interface

WP-CLI is the official command-line interface for WordPress, maintained as an open source project with extensive command docs and release history. It gives agents a reliable way to automate plugin, theme, database, transient, user, and multisite operations without driving the wp-admin UI.

## Prerequisites

bun, docker, go, php, composer

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- WP-CLI also includes commands for many things you can't do in the WordPress admin. For example, wp transient delete --all ([doc](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/transient/delete/)) lets you delete one or...
- For a more complete introduction to using WP-CLI, read the [Quick Start guide](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/quick-start/). Or, catch up with [shell friends](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/shell-fri...
- Downloading the Phar file is the recommended installation method for most users. See the documentation for [alternative installation methods](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/installing/) ([Composer](https://ma...

- Source: https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/quick-start/

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/wp-cli-wordpress-command-line-interface/)