wp post generate
Generates some posts.
$ wp post generate [--count=<number>] [--post_type=<type>] [--post_status=<status>] [--post_title=<post_title>] [--post_author=<login>] [--post_date=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>] [--post_date_gmt=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>] [--post_content] [--max_depth=<number>] [--format=<format>]
Creates a specified number of new posts with dummy data.
OPTIONS
[--count=<number>] : How many posts to generate?
default: 100
[--post_type=<type>] : The type of the generated posts.
default: post
[--post_status=<status>] : The status of the generated posts.
default: publish
[--post_title=<post_title>] : The post title.
default:
[--post_author=<login>] : The author of the generated posts.
default:
- [--post_date=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>]
- The date of the generated posts. Default: current date
- [--post_date_gmt=<yyyy-mm-dd-hh-ii-ss>]
- The GMT date of the generated posts. Default: value of post_date (or current date if it's not set)
- [--post_content]
- If set, the command reads the post_content from STDIN.
- [--max_depth=<number>]
- For hierarchical post types, generate child posts down to a certain depth. --- default: 1 ---
- [--format=<format>]
- Render output in a particular format.
---
default: progress
options:
- progress
- ids ---
EXAMPLES
# Generate posts.
$ wp post generate --count=10 --post_type=page --post_date=1999-01-04
Generating posts 100% [================================================] 0:01 / 0:04
# Generate posts with fetched content.
$ curl -N http://loripsum.net/api/5 | wp post generate --post_content --count=10
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 2509 100 2509 0 0 616 0 0:00:04 0:00:04 --:--:-- 616
Generating posts 100% [================================================] 0:01 / 0:04
# Add meta to every generated posts.
$ wp post generate --format=ids | xargs -d ' ' -I % wp post meta add % foo bar
Success: Added custom field.
Success: Added custom field.
Success: Added custom field.
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.