Sneak Peek: WP CLI Support in WooCommerce 2.5

WP CLI support is one of the features that’s included in WooCommerce 2.5 milestone. In case you haven’t heard WP-CLI:

WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser.

All WooCommerce related commands are grouped into wp wc command:

$ wp wc
usage: wp wc coupon 
   or: wp wc customer 
   or: wp wc order 
   or: wp wc product 
   or: wp wc report 
   or: wp wc tool 

See 'wp help wc <command>' for more information on a specific command.

Currently, following commands are available:

• Coupon

  $ wp wc coupon
  usage: wp wc coupon create [--<field>=<value>] [--porcelain]
     or: wp wc coupon delete <id>...
     or: wp wc coupon get [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc coupon list [--<field>=<value>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc coupon types
     or: wp wc coupon update <coupon> --<field>=<value>
  
  See 'wp help wc coupon <command>' for more information on a specific command.

• Customer

  $ wp wc customer
  usage: wp wc customer create [--<field>=<value>] [--porcelain]
     or: wp wc customer delete <customer>...
     or: wp wc customer downloads [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc customer get [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc customer list [--<field>=<value>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc customer orders [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc customer update <customer> --<field>=<value>
  
  See 'wp help wc customer <command>' for more information on a specific command.
  

• Order

  $ wp wc order
  usage: wp wc order create [--<field>=<value>] [--porcelain]
     or: wp wc order delete
     or: wp wc order get [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc order list [--<field>=<value>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc order update <id> --<field>=<value>
  
  See 'wp help wc order <command>' for more information on a specific command.
  

• Product

  $ wp wc product
  usage: wp wc product category 
     or: wp wc product create [--<field>=<value>] [--porcelain]
     or: wp wc product delete <id>...
     or: wp wc product get [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc product list [--<field>=<value>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc product reviews [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc product types
     or: wp wc product update <id> --<field>=<value>
  
  See 'wp help wc product <command>' for more information on a specific command.
  

• Report

  $ wp wc report
  usage: wp wc report list [--format=<format>]
     or: wp wc report sales [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>] [--period=<period>] [--date_min] [--date_max] [--limit]
     or: wp wc report top_sellers [--<field>=<value>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>] [--period=<period>] [--date_min] [--date_max] [--limit]
  
  See 'wp help wc report <command>' for more information on a specific command.
  

• Tool

  $ wp wc tool
  usage: wp wc tool clear_transients
  
  See 'wp help wc tool <command>' for more information on a specific command.
  

Here’s the demo of WooCommerce CLI in action:

In case a command is not obvious to you, appending --help should give you more information about the command.

This feature is available in master branch. If you find the feature is useful in the next release, we encourage you to checkout the branch, test it, and report any issues to our GitHub’s issues tracker.