{"id":1586,"date":"2018-03-24T02:23:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T17:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/n8finch2024.local\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2022-03-11T06:44:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T21:44:30","slug":"talk-getting-started-with-wp-cli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/n8finch2024.local\/talk-getting-started-with-wp-cli\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk: Getting Started with WP-CLI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you work with or maintain WordPress sites and wonder if there&#8217;s an easier way to keep things updated?<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking for a way to automate a site setup, turning a five minute install into a 5 second install? (Well, at least less than 5 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Are you bogged down by repetitive tasks that you think, <strong><em>&#8220;Ugh, OMG!!!, I wish there was a friggin&#8217; script I could run that would take care of this for me.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Maybe you just want to feel like this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/Xw6yFn7frR3Y4\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"baby dancing\" width=\"263\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And not this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/pOKrXLf9N5g76\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"cat typing\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s dig into WP-CLI (the WordPress Command Line Interface) together and see how it can help us get a little more &#8220;fun&#8221; out of functions, some extra &#8220;dates&#8221; out of updates (ok, maybe not that&#8230; but maybe !not that, if you know what I mean), a little more &#8220;me&#8221; time from themes and plugins.<\/p>\n<p>Get a preview of the goodies WP-CLI has to offer <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-cli.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to come with WP-CLI already set up, feel free. You will need access to a terminal command prompt to follow along.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have it set up, I&#8217;d highly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/varyingvagrantvagrants.org\/docs\/en-US\/installation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>VVV2<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/local.getflywheel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Local<\/strong><\/a>. You can also follow the instructions over at <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-cli.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>wp-cli.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to get the CLI set up locally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/n8finch\/simple-wp-cli-plugin\"><strong>Example Repo<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=19gW8Tsbafi2wK5d3eJohN4ZWTuhZw-L8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>PDF: Getting Started With WP-CLI Slides<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you work with or maintain WordPress sites and wonder if there&#8217;s an easier way to keep things updated? Are you looking for a way to automate a site setup, turning a five minute install into a 5 second install? 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