wp media import

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. Use ‘-‘ to read file data from STDIN.

[–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. When used, files will remain at their current location and will not be copied into any destination directory.

[–destination-dir=<destination-dir>]

Path to the destination directory for uploaded imported files. Can be absolute or relative to ABSPATH. Ignored when used together with –skip-copy, as files are not moved on disk in that case.

[–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.

[–skip-duplicates]

If set, media files that have already been imported will be skipped.

[–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 https://s.w.org/style/images/wp-header-logo.png --title='The WordPress logo' --alt="Semantic personal publishing"
Imported file 'https://s.w.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 https://s.w.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/

# Import an image from STDIN.
$ curl http://example.com/image.jpg | wp media import - --title="From STDIN"
Imported file 'STDIN' as attachment ID 1756.
Success: Imported 1 of 1 items.

Global Parameters