Sets the value of a specific constant or variable defined in wp-config.php file.
OPTIONS OPTIONS
- <name>
- Name of the wp-config.php constant or variable.
- <value>
- Value to set the wp-config.php constant or variable to.
- [--add]
- Add the value if it doesn’t exist yet. This is the default behavior, override with –no-add.
- [--raw]
- Place the value into the wp-config.php file as is, instead of as a quoted string.
- [--anchor=<anchor>]
- Anchor string where additions of new values are anchored around. Defaults to “/* That’s all, stop editing!”.
- [--placement=<placement>]
- Where to place the new values in relation to the anchor string.
---
default: ‘before’
options:
– before
– after
--- - [--separator=<separator>]
- Separator string to put between an added value and its anchor string. The following escape sequences will be recognized and properly interpreted: ‘\n’ => newline, ‘\r’ => carriage return, ‘\t’ => tab. Defaults to a single EOL (“\n” on *nix and “\r\n” on Windows).
- [--type=<type>]
- Type of the config value to set. Defaults to ‘all’.
---
default: all
options:
– constant
– variable
– all
---
EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
# Set the WP_DEBUG constant to true.
$ wp config set WP_DEBUG true --raw
GLOBAL PARAMETERS GLOBAL PARAMETERS
These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.
Argument | Description |
---|---|
--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. |
Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.