Using WP-CLI Command Line Tools – [Pagely® SupportOps]

All VPS and Enterprise plans come with a powerful command line tool known as WP-CLI. For an overview of basic commands, open terminal and enter the following.

Accessing WP-CLI

Since WP-CLI is installed by default on all VPS/Enterprise accounts, using it is easy. Here's how to do it:

Connect to your site using SSH.
Switch to your site's main directory with the following command, replacing example.com with the primary domain of the site you want to manage:
```
cd ~/sites/example.com
```
Finally, test that WP-CLI is working properly and view a list of the available commands with the following:
```
wp --help
```

Accessing Help Documentation

Every command, sub-command, and parameter inside WP-CLI is available with the --help parameter. For example, if you want to see all of the available commands inside WP-CLI, run the following:

wp --help

But what if you're looking for more information on a particular command? Since the --help parameter is global, you can run it on an individual command like this:

wp plugin --help

If you run the above command, you'll see deeper information on the plugin WP-CLI command, such as subcommands and additional parameters that are available for that particular command.

Common WP-CLI Commands

Viewing WordPress Plugin Details

Display information about your current plugins, including details about which plugins are active/inactive and if they have an update available.

wp plugin status

Viewing WordPress Theme Details

Display a list of installed themes, your active theme and updates available.

wp theme status

Search and Replace Inside Your WordPress Database

Search for a value with your database and replace it with something else.

wp search-replace

Open a Command Line MySQL Client

Open a MySQL command line client to interact with the database.

wp db query