WP-CLI comes preinstalled on Pressable and extends the shell to provide WordPress-specific command line tools. You can start running WP-CLI commands once you have connected to SSH.
There are many commands and subcommands that can help with managing and troubleshooting your site. For more on the commands available and how to use them, you can visit the WordPress.org documentation for WP-CLI
WP-CLI can be used to manage and troubleshoot plugins and themes.
wp plugin list
List installed plugins including their status and version.
wp theme list
List installed themes.
wp plugin deactivate plugin-name
Deactivates a plugin. Replace plugin-name with a name value found via wp plugin list. Multiple plugin names can be entered in order to deactivate more than one.
wp plugin activate plugin-name
Activates a plugin. Replace plugin-name with a name value found via wp plugin list. Multiple plugin names can be entered in order to activate more than one.
wp theme activate theme-name
Activate a theme. Replace theme-name with a name value found via wp theme list.
wp php-errors
List recent PHP errors logged. This is useful for identifying problematic plugins and themes that may need to be updated or deactivated.
If your site is encountering errors and cannot run commands, it may be necessary to skip the site’s active theme and plugin code. This is done by adding --skip-themes and --skip-plugins to any WP-CLI command.
wp --skip-plugins --skip-themes plugin deactivate plugin-name
Skip theme and plugin code then deactivate a plugin. Replace plugin-name with a name value found via wp plugin list.
wp --skip-plugins --skip-themes theme activate theme-name
Skip theme and plugin code then activate a theme. Replace theme-name with a name value found via wp theme list.
wp --skip-plugins --skip-themes php-errors
Skip theme and plugin code then list recent PHP errors logged. This is useful for identifying problematic plugins and themes that may need to be updated or deactivated.
Due to the complex nature of SSH and WP-CLI, we are not able to provide extensive support for using these tools. Our Support Team is available to help with issues connecting via SSH but cannot guide you through using commands.
In order to provide a secure and performant environment, Pressable may restrict or disable certain shell and WP-CLI commands.
If something happens to your site after you’ve made changes via SSH, or if you run a command and something happens you didn’t expect, you can restore your site from a backup.
We will NOT be able to help you debug your command to make it work as expected.
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