Title: wp post generate Published: February 5, 2018 Last modified: May 23, 2026 --- # 󠀁[wp post generate ](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/)󠁿 Generates some posts. ## In this article * [Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#options) * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#examples) * [Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#global-parameters) [ Back to top](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target) [ ⌊GitHub⌉ ](https://github.com/wp-cli/entity-command) [ View Open Issues (0) ](https://github.com/login?return_to=%2Fissues%3Fq%3Dlabel%3Acommand%3Apost-generate+sort%3Aupdated-desc+org%3Awp-cli+is%3Aopen) [ View Closed Issues (14) ](https://github.com/login?return_to=%2Fissues%3Fq%3Dlabel%3Acommand%3Apost-generate+sort%3Aupdated-desc+org%3Awp-cli+is%3Aclosed) [Create New Issue](https://github.com/wp-cli/entity-command/issues/new) Creates a specified number of new posts with dummy data. ### 󠀁[Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#options)󠁿 See the [argument syntax](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/references/argument-syntax/) reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used. [--count=< number>] How many posts to generate? —default: 100— [--post_type=] The type of the generated posts. —default: post— [--post_status=] The status of the generated posts. —default: publish— [--post_title=] The post title. — default:— [--post_author=] The author of the generated posts. —default:— [-- post_date=] The date of the post. Default is the current time.[-- post_date_gmt=] The date of the post in the GMT timezone. Default is the value of –post_date. [--post_content] If set, the command reads the post_content from STDIN. [--max_depth=] For hierarchical post types, generate child posts down to a certain depth. —default: 1— [--format=] Render output in a particular format. —default: progress options: – progress – ids— ### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#examples)󠁿 ``` # Generate posts. $ wp post generate --count=10 --post_type=page --post_date=1999-01-04 Generating posts 100% [================================================] 0:01 / 0:04 # Generate posts with fetched content. $ curl -N https://loripsum.net/api/5 | wp post generate --post_content --count=10 % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 2509 100 2509 0 0 616 0 0:00:04 0:00:04 --:--:-- 616 Generating posts 100% [================================================] 0:01 / 0:04 # Add meta to every generated posts. $ wp post generate --format=ids | xargs -d ' ' -I % wp post meta add % foo bar Success: Added custom field. Success: Added custom field. Success: Added custom field. ``` ### 󠀁[Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/post/generate/?output_format=md#global-parameters)󠁿 These [global parameters](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/) have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress. | **Argument** | **Description** | | `--path=` | Path to the WordPress files. | | `--url=` | Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. | | `--ssh=[:][@][:][]` | Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”). | | `--http=` | Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. | | `--user=` | Set the WordPress user. | | `--skip-plugins[=]` | Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. | | `--skip-themes[=]` | Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. | | `--skip-packages` | Skip loading all installed packages. | | `--require=` | Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). | | `--exec=` | Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). | | `--context=` | Load WordPress in a given context. | | `--[no-]color` | Whether to colorize the output. | | `--debug[=]` | Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. | | `--prompt[=]` | Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values. | | `--quiet` | Suppress informational messages. | _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._