wp media import

Creates attachments from local files or URLs.

OPTIONS

<file>... : Path to file or files to be imported. Supports the glob(3) capabilities of the current shell.

If file is recognized as a URL (for example, with a scheme of http or ftp), the file will be
downloaded to a temp file before being sideloaded.

[--post_id=<post_id>] : ID of the post to attach the imported files to.

[--post_name=<post_name>] : Name of the post to attach the imported files to.

[--file_name=<name>] : Attachment name (post_name field).

[--title=<title>] : Attachment title (post title field).

[--caption=<caption>] : Caption for attachment (post excerpt field).

[--alt=<alt_text>] : Alt text for image (saved as post meta).

[--desc=<description>] : "Description" field (post content) of attachment post.

[--skip-copy] : If set, media files (local only) are imported to the library but not moved on disk. File names will not be run through wp_unique_filename() with this set.

[--preserve-filetime] : Use the file modified time as the post published & modified dates. Remote files will always use the current time.

[--featured_image] : If set, set the imported image as the Featured Image of the post it is attached to.

[--porcelain[=<field>]] : Output a single field for each imported image. Defaults to attachment ID when used as flag. --- options:

• url ---

EXAMPLES

# Import all jpgs in the current user's "Pictures" directory, not attached to any post.
$ wp media import ~/Pictures/**\/*.jpg
Imported file '/home/person/Pictures/landscape-photo.jpg' as attachment ID 1751.
Imported file '/home/person/Pictures/fashion-icon.jpg' as attachment ID 1752.
Success: Imported 2 of 2 items.

# Import a local image and set it to be the post thumbnail for a post.
$ wp media import ~/Downloads/image.png --post_id=123 --title="A downloaded picture" --featured_image
Imported file '/home/person/Downloads/image.png' as attachment ID 1753 and attached to post 123 as featured image.
Success: Imported 1 of 1 images.

# Import a local image, but set it as the featured image for all posts.
# 1. Import the image and get its attachment ID.
# 2. Assign the attachment ID as the featured image for all posts.
$ ATTACHMENT_ID="$(wp media import ~/Downloads/image.png --porcelain)"
$ wp post list --post_type=post --format=ids | xargs -d ' ' -I % wp post meta add % _thumbnail_id $ATTACHMENT_ID
Success: Added custom field.
Success: Added custom field.

# Import an image from the web.
$ wp media import http://s.wordpress.org/style/images/wp-header-logo.png --title='The WordPress logo' --alt="Semantic personal publishing"
Imported file 'http://s.wordpress.org/style/images/wp-header-logo.png' as attachment ID 1755.
Success: Imported 1 of 1 images.

# Get the URL for an attachment after import.
$ wp media import http://s.wordpress.org/style/images/wp-header-logo.png --porcelain | xargs -I {} wp post list --post__in={} --field=url --post_type=attachment
http://wordpress-develop.dev/wp-header-logo/

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

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