- [--post_author=<post_author>]
- The ID of the user who added the post. Default is the current user ID.
- [--post_date=<post_date>]
- The date of the post. Default is the current time.
- [--post_date_gmt=<post_date_gmt>]
- The date of the post in the GMT timezone. Default is the value of $post_date.
- [--post_content=<post_content>]
- The post content. Default empty.
- [--post_content_filtered=<post_content_filtered>]
- The filtered post content. Default empty.
- [--post_title=<post_title>]
- The post title. Default empty.
- [--post_excerpt=<post_excerpt>]
- The post excerpt. Default empty.
- [--post_status=<post_status>]
- The post status. Default ‘draft’.
- [--post_type=<post_type>]
- The post type. Default ‘post’.
- [--comment_status=<comment_status>]
- Whether the post can accept comments. Accepts ‘open’ or ‘closed’. Default is the value of ‘default_comment_status’ option.
- [--ping_status=<ping_status>]
- Whether the post can accept pings. Accepts ‘open’ or ‘closed’. Default is the value of ‘default_ping_status’ option.
- [--post_password=<post_password>]
- The password to access the post. Default empty.
- [--post_name=<post_name>]
- The post name. Default is the sanitized post title when creating a new post.
- [--from-post=<post_id>]
- Post id of a post to be duplicated.
- [--to_ping=<to_ping>]
- Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs to ping. Default empty.
- [--pinged=<pinged>]
- Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs that have been pinged. Default empty.
- [--post_modified=<post_modified>]
- The date when the post was last modified. Default is the current time.
- [--post_modified_gmt=<post_modified_gmt>]
- The date when the post was last modified in the GMT timezone. Default is the current time.
- [--post_parent=<post_parent>]
- Set this for the post it belongs to, if any. Default 0.
- [--menu_order=<menu_order>]
- The order the post should be displayed in. Default 0.
- [--post_mime_type=<post_mime_type>]
- The mime type of the post. Default empty.
- [--guid=<guid>]
- Global Unique ID for referencing the post. Default empty.
- [--post_category=<post_category>]
- Array of category names, slugs, or IDs. Defaults to value of the ‘default_category’ option.
- [--tags_input=<tags_input>]
- Array of tag names, slugs, or IDs. Default empty.
- [--tax_input=<tax_input>]
- Array of taxonomy terms keyed by their taxonomy name. Default empty.
- [--meta_input=<meta_input>]
- Array in JSON format of post meta values keyed by their post meta key. Default empty.
- [<file>]
-
Read post content from <file>. If this value is present, the
--post_content
argument will be ignored.
Passing -
as the filename will cause post content to
be read from STDIN.
- [--<field>=<value>]
- Associative args for the new post. See wp_insert_post() .
- [--edit]
-
Immediately open system’s editor to write or edit post content.
If content is read from a file, from STDIN, or from the
--post_content
argument, that text will be loaded into the editor.
- [--porcelain]
- Output just the new post id.
# Create post and schedule for future
$ wp post create --post_type=post --post_title='A future post' --post_status=future --post_date='2030-12-01 07:00:00'
Success: Created post 1921.
# Create post with content from given file
$ wp post create ./post-content.txt --post_category=201,345 --post_title='Post from file'
Success: Created post 1922.
# Create a post with multiple meta values.
$ wp post create --post_title='A post' --post_content='Just a small post.' --meta_input='{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}'
Success: Created post 1923.
# Create a duplicate post from existing posts.
$ wp post create --from-post=123 --post_title='Different Title'
Success: Created post 2350.
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. |