wp post delete

Deletes an existing post.

OPTIONS

<id>... : One or more IDs of posts to delete.

[--force] : Skip the trash bin.

[--defer-term-counting] : Recalculate term count in batch, for a performance boost.

EXAMPLES

# Delete post skipping trash
$ wp post delete 123 --force
Success: Deleted post 123.

# Delete multiple posts
$ wp post delete 123 456 789
Success: Trashed post 123.
Success: Trashed post 456.
Success: Trashed post 789.

# Delete all pages
$ wp post delete $(wp post list --post_type='page' --format=ids)
Success: Trashed post 1164.
Success: Trashed post 1186.

# Delete all posts in the trash
$ wp post delete $(wp post list --post_status=trash --format=ids)
Success: Deleted post 1268.
Success: Deleted post 1294.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

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