In this article, we will explain how to manage WordPress from the command line with the cPanel WordPress Toolkit.
WordPress Toolkit can be managed via command-line using the WordPress-toolkit command in SSH or WHM >> Terminal as the root user:
# which wp-toolkit /usr/local/bin/wp-toolkit
To see a list of options; WordPress-toolkit supports, run the following command in SSH or WHM >> Terminal as the root user:
wp-toolkit --help
Run the following commands in order to learn more about how a given option is used via SSH or WHM >> Terminal as the root user (You can replace $OPTION with the option you would like information on):
wp-toolkit --help -command $OPTION
For Example: You will get this output:
# wp-toolkit --help -command wp-cli Usage: wp-toolkit --wp-cli -instance-id INSTANCE_ID|-domain-name DOMAIN_NAME -path PATH -- WP_SUBCOMMAND Executes a wp-cli call to the selected WordPress installation. Arguments: -instance-id WordPress installation ID -domain-name Domain name -path The relative path from the domain's document root directory. Example: /subdirectory
In this way, you can manage WordPress from the command line with the cPanel WordPress toolkit.
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