Today at WordCamp NYC, I gave a presentation on how you can work with WordPress via a command-line interface (CLI.) This presentation covered how you can can poke and prod WordPress core and API by using WPSH, a custom script built on top of Facebook’s PHPSH.
Also covered were approaches to write command-line scripts for WordPress, using this knowledge to build tools for importing and exporting blog data, as well as some of the higher-level issues involved with processing bulk data.
One question that was offered after the presentation had to do with my familiarity with wp-cli, which I admit, I had none. It appears that the wp-cli utility is useful for atomic operations on the blog, like upgrading core, adding users, &c., whereas wpsh will give you an interactive environment to run any PHP / WordPress API code that your heart desires. I will be sure to give props to wp-cli in my next talk, and discuss how it differs from wpsh, and the advantages of each.
You can obtain the presentation slides at github.
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By Ben Doherty
Technology Director
Ben has a long history of developing programs for the web as well as mobile clients and desktop computers. After getting his start at a small internet service provider in his home town, Ben went on to earn his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Systems Engineering at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Since then, Ben spent several years honing his technical and business skills freelancing with a wide variety of clients, developing custom software solutions and websites to suit their needs.
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