wp post create

Creates a new post.

OPTIONS

[--post_author=<post_author>] : The ID of the user who added the post. Default is the current user ID.

[--post_date=<post_date>] : The date of the post. Default is the current time.

[--post_date_gmt=<post_date_gmt>] : The date of the post in the GMT timezone. Default is the value of $post_date.

[--post_content=<post_content>] : The post content. Default empty.

[--post_content_filtered=<post_content_filtered>] : The filtered post content. Default empty.

[--post_title=<post_title>] : The post title. Default empty.

[--post_excerpt=<post_excerpt>] : The post excerpt. Default empty.

[--post_status=<post_status>] : The post status. Default 'draft'.

[--post_type=<post_type>] : The post type. Default 'post'.

[--comment_status=<comment_status>] : Whether the post can accept comments. Accepts 'open' or 'closed'. Default is the value of 'default_comment_status' option.

[--ping_status=<ping_status>] : Whether the post can accept pings. Accepts 'open' or 'closed'. Default is the value of 'default_ping_status' option.

[--post_password=<post_password>] : The password to access the post. Default empty.

[--post_name=<post_name>] : The post name. Default is the sanitized post title when creating a new post.

[--from-post=<post_id>] : Post id of a post to be duplicated.

[--to_ping=<to_ping>] : Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs to ping. Default empty.

[--pinged=<pinged>] : Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs that have been pinged. Default empty.

[--post_modified=<post_modified>] : The date when the post was last modified. Default is the current time.

[--post_modified_gmt=<post_modified_gmt>] : The date when the post was last modified in the GMT timezone. Default is the current time.

[--post_parent=<post_parent>] : Set this for the post it belongs to, if any. Default 0.

[--menu_order=<menu_order>] : The order the post should be displayed in. Default 0.

[--post_mime_type=<post_mime_type>] : The mime type of the post. Default empty.

[--guid=<guid>] : Global Unique ID for referencing the post. Default empty.

[--post_category=<post_category>] : Array of category names, slugs, or IDs. Defaults to value of the 'default_category' option.

[--tags_input=<tags_input>] : Array of tag names, slugs, or IDs. Default empty.

[--tax_input=<tax_input>] : Array of taxonomy terms keyed by their taxonomy name. Default empty.

[--meta_input=<meta_input>] : Array in JSON format of post meta values keyed by their post meta key. Default empty.

[<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.

[--<field>=<value>] : Associative args for the new post. See wp_insert_post().

[--edit] : Immediately open system's editor to write or edit post content.

If content is read from a file, from STDIN, or from the --post_content argument, that text will be loaded into the editor.

[--porcelain] : Output just the new post id.

EXAMPLES

# Create post and schedule for future
$ wp post create --post_type=post --post_title='A future post' --post_status=future --post_date='2030-12-01 07:00:00'
Success: Created post 1921.

# Create post with content from given file
$ wp post create ./post-content.txt --post_category=201,345 --post_title='Post from file'
Success: Created post 1922.

# Create a post with multiple meta values.
$ wp post create --post_title='A post' --post_content='Just a small post.' --meta_input='{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}'
Success: Created post 1923.

# Create a duplicate post from existing posts.
$ wp post create --from-post=123 --post_title='Different Title'
Success: Created post 2350.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.