wp post update
Updates one or more existing posts.
$ wp post update <id>... [--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>] [--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> [--defer-term-counting]
OPTIONS
- <id>...
-
One or more IDs of posts to update.
- [--post_author=<post_author>]
-
The ID of the user who added the post. Default is the current user ID.
- [--post_date=<post_date>]
-
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.
- [--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>
-
One or more fields to update. See wp_insert_post().
- [--defer-term-counting]
-
Recalculate term count in batch, for a performance boost.
EXAMPLES
$ wp post update 123 --post_name=something --post_status=draft
Success: Updated post 123.
# Update a post with multiple meta values.
$ wp post update 123 --meta_input='{"key1":"value1","key2":"value2"}'
Success: Updated post 123.
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.