Core
Core Install
wp core install
Runs the standard WordPress installation process.
Creates the WordPress tables in the database using the URL, title, and default admin user details provided. Performs the famous 5 minute install in seconds or less.
Note: if you've installed WordPress in a subdirectory, then you'll need to wp option update siteurl after wp core install. For instance, if WordPress is installed in the /wp directory and your domain is example.com, then you'll need to run wp option update siteurl http://example.com/wp for your WordPress installation to function properly.
Note: When using custom user tables (e.g. CUSTOM_USER_TABLE), the admin email and password are ignored if the user_login already exists. If the user_login doesn't exist, a new user will be created.
OPTIONS
--url=<url> : The address of the new site.
--title=<site-title> : The title of the new site.
--admin_user=<username> : The name of the admin user.
[--admin_password=<password>] : The password for the admin user. Defaults to randomly generated string.
--admin_email=<email> : The email address for the admin user.
[--locale=<locale>] : The locale/language for the installation (e.g. de_DE). Default is en_US.
[--skip-email] : Don't send an email notification to the new admin user.
EXAMPLES
# Install WordPress in 5 seconds
$ wp core install --url=example.com --title=Example --admin_user=supervisor --admin_password=strongpassword [email protected]
Success: WordPress installed successfully.
# Install WordPress without disclosing admin_password to bash history
$ wp core install --url=example.com --title=Example --admin_user=supervisor [email protected] --prompt=admin_password < admin_password.txt
GLOBAL PARAMETERS
These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
--path=<path> | Path to the WordPress files. |
--url=<url> | Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. |
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>] | Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant"). |
--http=<http> | Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. |
--user=<id|login|email> | Set the WordPress user. |
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] | Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. |
--skip-themes[=<themes>] | Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. |
--skip-packages | Skip loading all installed packages. |
--require=<path> | Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--exec=<php-code> | Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--context=<context> | Load WordPress in a given context. |
--[no-]color | Whether to colorize the output. |
--debug[=<group>] | Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. |
--prompt[=<assoc>] | Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values. |
--quiet | Suppress informational messages. |