wp post create
Creates a new post.
$ wp post create [--post_author=<post_author>] [--post_date=<post_date>] [--post_date_gmt=<post_date_gmt>] [--post_content=<post_content>] [--post_content_filtered=<post_content_filtered>] [--post_title=<post_title>] [--post_excerpt=<post_excerpt>] [--post_status=<post_status>] [--post_type=<post_type>] [--comment_status=<comment_status>] [--ping_status=<ping_status>] [--post_password=<post_password>] [--post_name=<post_name>] [--from-post=<post_id>] [--to_ping=<to_ping>] [--pinged=<pinged>] [--post_modified=<post_modified>] [--post_modified_gmt=<post_modified_gmt>] [--post_parent=<post_parent>] [--menu_order=<menu_order>] [--post_mime_type=<post_mime_type>] [--guid=<guid>] [--post_category=<post_category>] [--tags_input=<tags_input>] [--tax_input=<tax_input>] [--meta_input=<meta_input>] [<file>] [--<field>=<value>] [--edit] [--porcelain]
OPTIONS
- [--post_author=<post_author>]
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The ID of the user who added the post. Default is the current user ID.
- [--post_date=<post_date>]
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The date of the post. Default is the current time.
- [--post_date_gmt=<post_date_gmt>]
-
The date of the post in the GMT timezone. Default is the value of $post_date.
- [--post_content=<post_content>]
-
The post content. Default empty.
- [--post_content_filtered=<post_content_filtered>]
-
The filtered post content. Default empty.
- [--post_title=<post_title>]
-
The post title. Default empty.
- [--post_excerpt=<post_excerpt>]
-
The post excerpt. Default empty.
- [--post_status=<post_status>]
-
The post status. Default 'draft'.
- [--post_type=<post_type>]
-
The post type. Default 'post'.
- [--comment_status=<comment_status>]
-
Whether the post can accept comments. Accepts 'open' or 'closed'. Default is the value of 'default_comment_status' option.
- [--ping_status=<ping_status>]
-
Whether the post can accept pings. Accepts 'open' or 'closed'. Default is the value of 'default_ping_status' option.
- [--post_password=<post_password>]
-
The password to access the post. Default empty.
- [--post_name=<post_name>]
-
The post name. Default is the sanitized post title when creating a new post.
- [--from-post=<post_id>]
-
Post id of a post to be duplicated.
- [--to_ping=<to_ping>]
-
Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs to ping. Default empty.
- [--pinged=<pinged>]
-
Space or carriage return-separated list of URLs that have been pinged. Default empty.
- [--post_modified=<post_modified>]
-
The date when the post was last modified. Default is the current time.
- [--post_modified_gmt=<post_modified_gmt>]
-
The date when the post was last modified in the GMT timezone. Default is the current time.
- [--post_parent=<post_parent>]
-
Set this for the post it belongs to, if any. Default 0.
- [--menu_order=<menu_order>]
-
The order the post should be displayed in. Default 0.
- [--post_mime_type=<post_mime_type>]
-
The mime type of the post. Default empty.
- [--guid=<guid>]
-
Global Unique ID for referencing the post. Default empty.
- [--post_category=<post_category>]
-
Array of category names, slugs, or IDs. Defaults to value of the 'default_category' option.
- [--tags_input=<tags_input>]
-
Array of tag names, slugs, or IDs. Default empty.
- [--tax_input=<tax_input>]
-
Array of taxonomy terms keyed by their taxonomy name. Default empty.
- [--meta_input=<meta_input>]
-
Array in JSON format of post meta values keyed by their post meta key. Default empty.
- [<file>]
-
Read post content from <file>. If this value is present, the
--post_content
argument will be ignored.Passing
-
as the filename will cause post content to be read from STDIN. - [--<field>=<value>]
-
Associative args for the new post. See wp_insert_post().
- [--edit]
-
Immediately open system's editor to write or edit post content.
If content is read from a file, from STDIN, or from the
--post_content
argument, that text will be loaded into the editor. - [--porcelain]
-
Output just the new post id.
EXAMPLES
# Create post and schedule for future
$ wp post create --post_type=page --post_title='A future post' --post_status=future --post_date='2020-12-01 07:00:00'
Success: Created post 1921.
# Create post with content from given file
$ wp post create ./post-content.txt --post_category=201,345 --post_title='Post from file'
Success: Created post 1922.
# Create a post with multiple meta values.
$ wp post create --post_title='A post' --post_content='Just a small post.' --meta_input='{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}'
Success: Created post 1923.
# Create a duplicate post from existing posts.
$ wp post create --from-post=123 --post_title='Different Title'
Success: Created post 2350.
GLOBAL PARAMETERS
--path=<path> Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url> Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>] Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "vagrant").
--http=<http> Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email> Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>] Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path> Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--[no-]color Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>] Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>] Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet Suppress informational messages.
Creates a new post.
Deletes an existing post.
Launches system editor to edit post content.
Verifies whether a post exists.
Generates some posts.
Gets details about a post.
Gets a list of posts.
Adds, updates, deletes, and lists post custom fields.
Adds, updates, removes, and lists post terms.
Updates one or more existing posts.