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wp media replace

Replaces the file for an existing attachment while preserving its identity.

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Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
<attachment-id>
ID of the attachment whose file is to be replaced.
<file>
Path to the replacement file. Supports local paths and URLs.
[–skip-delete]
Skip deletion of old thumbnail files after replacement.
[–porcelain]
Output just the attachment ID after replacement.

Examples

# Replace an attachment file with a local file.
$ wp media replace 123 ~/new-image.jpg
Replaced file for attachment ID 123 with '/home/user/new-image.jpg'.
Success: Replaced 1 of 1 images.

# Replace an attachment file with a file from a URL.
$ wp media replace 123 'http://example.com/image.jpg'
Replaced file for attachment ID 123 with 'http://example.com/image.jpg'.
Success: Replaced 1 of 1 images.

# Replace and output just the attachment ID.
$ wp media replace 123 ~/new-image.jpg --porcelain
123

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”).
--ssh-args=<args> Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by –ssh scheme).
--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.
--alias=<name> Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https Set $_SERVER[‘HTTPS’] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.

Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.