WP CLIThe command line interface for WordPress

wp core install

Runs the standard WordPress installation process.

Creates the WordPress tables in the database using the URL, title, and default admin user details provided. Performs the famous 5 minute install in seconds or less.

Note: if you've installed WordPress in a subdirectory, then you'll need to wp option update siteurl after wp core install. For instance, if WordPress is installed in the /wp directory and your domain is example.com, then you'll need to run wp option update siteurl http://example.com/wp for your WordPress installation to function properly.

Note: When using custom user tables (e.g. CUSTOM_USER_TABLE), the admin email and password are ignored if the user_login already exists. If the user_login doesn't exist, a new user will be created.

wp core install --url=<url> --title=<site-title> --admin_user=<username> [--admin_password=<password>] --admin_email=<email> [--locale=<locale>] [--skip-email]

Options

--url=<url>

The address of the new site.

--title=<site-title>

The title of the new site.

--admin_user=<username>

The name of the admin user.

[--admin_password=<password>]

The password for the admin user. Defaults to randomly generated string.

--admin_email=<email>

The email address for the admin user.

[--locale=<locale>]

The locale/language for the installation (e.g. de_DE). Default is en_US.

[--skip-email]

Don't send an email notification to the new admin user.

Examples

# Install WordPress in 5 seconds $ wp core install --url=example.com --title=Example --admin_user=supervisor --admin_password=strongpassword --admin_email=info@example.com Success: WordPress installed successfully. # Install WordPress without disclosing admin_password to bash history $ wp core install --url=example.com --title=Example --admin_user=supervisor --admin_email=info@example.com --prompt=admin_password < admin_password.txt

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