WP-CLI - Super Admin Tips and Tricks

WP-CLI –Super Admin LevelTips and TricksJONATHAN PERLMAN

@JPURPLEMAN

WWW.JPURPLEMAN.CA/WCOTTAWA2016

http://www.jpurpleman.ca/wcottawa2016

Jonathan Perlman14 years using PHP & MySql as a web developer at Dawson College

9 years teaching the web and Microsoft Office for Dawson College

6 years using WordPress

2 WordCamp talks

I’m not a Linux unicorn

6/18/2016 WORDCAMP OTTAWA 2016

What you need to know…This works on Linux computers / servers.

Might work on Mac. Not tested on Mac.

Won't work on Windows.

Shared and managed hosts don't allow you to install WP-CLI

We won't be talking about WP-CLI "Packages“

All WordPress code samples are located in the repo

https://github.com/jpurpleman/WordPress-Stuff


WP-CLI RequirementsUNIX-like environment (OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, Cygwin);

limited support in Windows environment

PHP 5.3.29 or later

WordPress 3.7 or later

WordPress 4.5 or later requires WP-CLI version 0.23.0


The way to level up … Learn bash!


hello-world.sh#!/bin/bash

echo 'Hello World!'

bash hello-world.sh

chmod +x hello-world.sh

./hello-world.sh


variables.sh#!/bin/bash

error

X=hello world

X = "hello world"

OK

X="hello world"

#output

echo $X


conditionals.sh#!/bin/bash

city=$1

if [ "$city" == "Ottawa" ]

then

echo "What a great city"

else

echo "Hello, you're in WordCamp $city!"

fi


loops-and-arrays.sh#!/bin/bash

servers=( 'web1.example.com' 'web2.example.com' )

for server in "${servers[@]}"; do

echo $server

done


.bashrc & scriptsHTTPS://GITHUB.COM/JPURPLEMAN/WORDPRESS -STUFF


.bashrc & scriptsYou can run the custom command in any folder

Will work for only your user account

Better if you have more than one server

You have to copy it to work in a specific directory

You can create reusable scripts

You can create scripts the run scripts


Script – wp-cli-install.sh#!/bin/bash

servers=( 'web1.example.com' 'web2.example.com‘ )

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar

for server in "${servers[@]}"; do

echo $server

scp ./wp-cli.phar user@$server:

ssh user@$server "chmod +x wp-cli.phar"

ssh user@$server "sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp"

ssh user@$server "/usr/local/bin/wp --info"

done

rm ./wp-cli.phar


.bashrc - Get WordPress Saltsalias wordpress-salt='wget

https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ -qO-'

Normally one line, not multiple…


.bashrc - Update WordPressalias wordpress-update-all='wp core update &&

wp core update-db --network &&

wp plugin update --all &&

wp theme update --all '



.bashrc – Delete Sample Pagealias wordpress-delete-sample-page=‘wp post delete $(

wp post list

--post_type=page

--posts_per_page=1

--post_status=publish

--pagename="sample-page"

--field=ID

--format=ids

)’


.bashrc - Remove Default Widgetsalias wordpress-remove-default-widgets='

wp widget delete search-2 &&

wp widget delete recent-posts-2 &&

wp widget delete recent-comments-2 &&

wp widget delete archives-2 &&

wp widget delete categories-2 &&

wp widget delete meta-2'



Script - see-option-on-all-sites.sh#!/bin/bash

for url in $( wp site list --field=url --url=http://site.com | sort –u )

do

echo $url

wp option get blogname

done


see-all-sites-with-gravity-forms.sh#!/bin/bash

for blog_id in $(wp site list --field=blog_id --url=http://site.com | sort -u )

do

echo $blog_id

wp db query "select count(id) from wp_${blog_id}_rg_form"

done


Script - create-pages-in-bluk.sh ( 1 )userID=1

pages=( 'Home' 'About' 'Contact Us' )

for page in "${pages[@]}"; do

wp post create

--post_type=page

--post_title="$page"


--post_author=$userID

--porcelain

echo "wp post create $page"

done


Script - create-pages-in-bluk.sh ( 2 )wp menu create "Menu" --quiet

export IFS=" "

for pageID in $( wp post list

--order="ASC"

--orderby="ID"

--post_type=page


--posts_per_page=-1

--field=ID

--format=ids ); do

wp menu item add-post menu $pageID --quiet

done

wp menu location assign menu primary


Now to the real timesavers!


Resulting git log – 14 commits123438b 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Adding plugin: WordPress Importer at version 0.6.2

449e092 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Print Friendly and PDF to version 3.4.6

b1d983a 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: WooThemes Helper to version 1.6.2

8d2d7e3 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: WP Migrate DB Pro Media Files to version 1.4.4

ce0181e 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: WP Migrate DB Pro to version 1.6

3a37bd6 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types to version 3.1.3

91e2560 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: jQuery Responsive Select Menu to version 1.5.0

83af679 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Gravity Forms to version 1.9.19

bbaa123 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Adding plugin: Gravity Forms Advanced File Uploader at version 1.4

41b2ae1 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Google Analytics by MonsterInsights to version 5.5

81eac9d 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Custom Post Type UI to version 1.3.5

fbcc677 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Basic Google Maps Placemarks to version 1.10.6

c5bdb6c 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Advanced Custom Fields to version 4.4.7

476c404 2016-06-16 Jonathan Perlman Updating plugin: Accordion Shortcodes to version 2.3.0


.bashrc – git-wp-commit-object ( 1 )Go into a plugin or theme folder

Get the current directory name

Check to see if we're in a plugin or theme folder

Convert "plugins" to plugin or "themes" to theme

Get details about the WordPress object we want to commit

Get the title of the plugin or theme we're committing

Get the version of the plugin or theme we're committing


.bashrc – git-wp-commit-object ( 2 )Check to see if it's in the repo already or not

Create parts of the commit message conditionally

Add all files to git that have been added or modified

Add all files to git that have been deleted or moved

Git commit! with appropriate message

Print that message


Script – wp-install.shIf we're going to remove sites

Do mysql stuff to drop the db, revoke all and remove the user

Destroy the file system folder of the site

If we’re going to add sites

Loop proposed sites and make sure we don't overwrite any folder

Mysql stuff, drop db if exists, create database, grant privileges

Delete and Create the directory of the install path

Go into the install path

Download the WordPress core files

Create the wp-config file with our standard setup

Generate random 8 character password

Create database tables, and install WordPress

Dump out information to a text file for the teacher

Dump out information for the specific student

discourage search engines

delete sample page, and create homepage

set homepage as front page

set pretty urls

delete akismet and hello dolly

create a navigation bar

disable file edit in wordpress config

create .htaccess file

create the .htpasswd file

change ownership of the folder to apache

change file permissions

Calculate and send percent done to whiptail

Convert text file of info for teacher to pdf

Convert many student one page documents into one pdf


Resourceshttps://www.maketecheasier.com/write-linux-shell-scripts/

https://www.ltconsulting.co.uk/automated-wordpress-installation-with-bash-wp-cli/

https://deliciousbrains.com/automating-local-wordpress-site-setup-scripts/

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/09/wordpress-management-with-wp-cli/


Thank you! Questions?JONATHAN PERLMAN

@JPURPLEMAN

WWW.JPURPLEMAN.CA/WCOTTAWA2016

http://www.jpurpleman.ca/wcottawa2016

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