wp scaffold plugin

Generates starter code for a plugin.

The following files are always generated:

• plugin-slug.php is the main PHP plugin file.
• readme.txt is the readme file for the plugin.
• package.json needed by NPM holds various metadata relevant to the project. Packages: grunt, grunt-wp-i18n and grunt-wp-readme-to-markdown. Scripts: start, readme, i18n.
• Gruntfile.js is the JS file containing Grunt tasks. Tasks: i18n containing addtextdomain and makepot, readme containing wp_readme_to_markdown.
• .editorconfig is the configuration file for Editor.
• .gitignore tells which files (or patterns) git should ignore.
• .distignore tells which files and folders should be ignored in distribution.

The following files are also included unless the --skip-tests is used:

• phpunit.xml.dist is the configuration file for PHPUnit.
• .travis.yml is the configuration file for Travis CI. Use --ci=<provider> to select a different service.
• bin/install-wp-tests.sh configures the WordPress test suite and a test database.
• tests/bootstrap.php is the file that makes the current plugin active when running the test suite.
• tests/test-sample.php is a sample file containing test cases.
• .phpcs.xml.dist is a collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules.

OPTIONS

<slug>

The internal name of the plugin.

[--dir=<dirname>]

Put the new plugin in some arbitrary directory path. Plugin directory will be path plus supplied slug.

[--plugin_name=<title>]

What to put in the 'Plugin Name:' header.

[--plugin_description=<description>]

What to put in the 'Description:' header.

[--plugin_author=<author>]

What to put in the 'Author:' header.

[--plugin_author_uri=<url>]

What to put in the 'Author URI:' header.

[--plugin_uri=<url>]

What to put in the 'Plugin URI:' header.

[--skip-tests]

Don't generate files for unit testing.

[--ci=<provider>]

Choose a configuration file for a continuous integration provider. --- default: travis options:

• travis
• circle
• gitlab ---

[--activate]

Activate the newly generated plugin.

[--activate-network]

Network activate the newly generated plugin.

[--force]

Overwrite files that already exist.

EXAMPLES

$ wp scaffold plugin sample-plugin
Success: Created plugin files.
Success: Created test files.

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.