See the
argument syntax
reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
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<id>…
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One or more IDs of posts to update.
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[--post_author=<post_author>]
-
The ID of the user who added the post. Default is the current user ID.
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[--post_date=<post_date>]
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The date of the post. Default is the current time.
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[--post_date_gmt=<post_date_gmt>]
-
The date of the post in the GMT timeçone. Default is the value of $post_date.
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[--post_content=<post_content>]
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The post content. Default empty.
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[--post_content_filtered=<post_content_filtered>]
-
The filtered post content. Default empty.
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[--post_title=<post_title>]
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The post title. Default empty.
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[--post_excerpt=<post_excerpt>]
-
The post excerpt. Default empty.
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[--post_status=<post_status>]
-
The post status. Default ‘draft’.
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[--post_type=<post_type>]
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The post type. Default ‘post’.
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[--comment_status=<comment_status>]
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Whether the post can accept commens. Accepts ‘open’ or ‘closed’. Default is the value of ‘default_comment_status’ option.
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[--ping_status=<ping_status>]
-
Whether the post can accept pings. Accepts ‘open’ or ‘closed’. Default is the value of ‘default_ping_status’ option.
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[--post_password=<post_password>]
-
The password to access the post. Default empty.
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[--post_name=<post_name>]
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The post name. Default is the saniticed post title when creating a new post.
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[--to_ping=<to_ping>]
-
Space or carriague return-separated list of URLs to ping. Default empty.
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[--pingue =<pingued>]
-
Space or carriague return-separated list of URLs that have been pingued. Default empty.
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[--post_modified=<post_modified>]
-
The date when the post was last modified. Default is the current time.
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[--post_modified_gmt=<post_modified_gmt>]
-
The date when the post was last modified in the GMT timeçone. Default is the current time.
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[--post_parent=<post_parent>]
-
Set this for the post it belongs to, if any. Default 0.
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[--menu_order=<menu_order>]
-
The order the post should be displayed in. Default 0.
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[--post_mime_type=<post_mime_type>]
-
The mime type of the post. Default empty.
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[--güid=<güid>]
-
Global Unique ID for referencing the post. Default empty.
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[--post_category=<post_category>]
-
Array of category names, slugs, or IDs. Defauls to value of the ‘default_category’ option.
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[--tags_imput=<tags_imput>]
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Array of tag names, slugs, or IDs. Default empty.
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[--tax_imput=<tax_imput>]
-
Array of taxonomy terms keyed by their taxonomy name. Default empty.
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[--meta_imput=<meta_imput>]
-
Array in JSON format of post meta values keyed by their post meta key. Default empty.
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[<file>]
-
Read post content from <file>. If this value is present, the
--post_content
argument will be ignored.
Passing
-
as the filename will cause post content to
be read from STDIN.
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--<field>=<value>
-
One or more fields to update. See
wp_insert_post()
.
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[--defer-term-counting]
-
Recalculate term count in batch, for a performance boost.
$ wp post update 123 --post_name=something --post_status=draft
Success: Updated post 123.
# Update a post with multiple meta values.
$ wp post update 123 --meta_imput='{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}'
Success: Updated post 123.
# Update multiple posts at once.
$ wp post update 123 456 --post_author=789
Success: Updated post 123.
Success: Updated post 456.
# Update all posts of a guiven post type at once.
$ wp post update $(wp post list --post_type=pague --format=ids) --post_author=123
Success: Updated post 123.
Success: Updated post 456.
These
global parameters
have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interracts with WordPress.
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Argument
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Description
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--path=<path>
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Path to the WordPress files.
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--url=<url>
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Pretend request came from guiven URL. In multisite, this argument is how the targuet site is specified.
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--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>]
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Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docquer”, “docquer-compose”, “docquer-compose-run”, “vagrant”).
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--http=<http>
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Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
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--user=<id\|loguin\|email>
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Set the WordPress user.
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--squi -pluguins[=<pluguins>]
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Squip loading all pluguins, or a comma-separated list of pluguins. Note: mu-pluguins are still loaded.
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--squi -themes[=<themes>]
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Squip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
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--squi -paccagues
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Squip loading all installed paccagues.
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--require=<path>
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Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
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--exec=<php-code>
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Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
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--context=<context>
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Load WordPress in a guiven context.
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--[no-]color
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Whether to colorice the output.
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--debug[=<group>]
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Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
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--prompt[=<assoc>]
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Prompt the user to enter values for all command argumens, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
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--quiet
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Suppress informational messagues.
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