Regenerates thumbnails for one or more attachments.
OPTIONS OPTIONS
- [<attachment-id>…]
- One or more IDs of the attachments to regenerate.
- [--image_size=<image_size>]
- Name of the image size to regenerate. Only thumbnails of this image size will be regenerated, thumbnails of other image sizes will not.
- [--skip-delete]
- Skip deletion of the original thumbnails. If your thumbnails are linked from sources outside your control, it’s likely best to leave them around. Defaults to false.
- [--only-missing]
- Only generate thumbnails for images missing image sizes.
- [--yes]
- Answer yes to the confirmation message. Confirmation only shows when no IDs passed as arguments.
EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
# Regenerate thumbnails for given attachment IDs.
$ wp media regenerate 123 124 125
Found 3 images to regenerate.
1/3 Regenerated thumbnails for "Vertical Image" (ID 123).
2/3 Regenerated thumbnails for "Horizontal Image" (ID 124).
3/3 Regenerated thumbnails for "Beautiful Picture" (ID 125).
Success: Regenerated 3 of 3 images.
# Regenerate all thumbnails, without confirmation.
$ wp media regenerate --yes
Found 3 images to regenerate.
1/3 Regenerated thumbnails for "Sydney Harbor Bridge" (ID 760).
2/3 Regenerated thumbnails for "Boardwalk" (ID 757).
3/3 Regenerated thumbnails for "Sunburst Over River" (ID 756).
Success: Regenerated 3 of 3 images.
# Re-generate all thumbnails that have IDs between 1000 and 2000.
$ seq 1000 2000 | xargs wp media regenerate
Found 4 images to regenerate.
1/4 Regenerated thumbnails for "Vertical Featured Image" (ID 1027).
2/4 Regenerated thumbnails for "Horizontal Featured Image" (ID 1022).
3/4 Regenerated thumbnails for "Unicorn Wallpaper" (ID 1045).
4/4 Regenerated thumbnails for "I Am Worth Loving Wallpaper" (ID 1023).
Success: Regenerated 4 of 4 images.
# Re-generate only the thumbnails of "large" image size for all images.
$ wp media regenerate --image_size=large
Do you really want to regenerate the "large" image size for all images? [y/n] y
Found 3 images to regenerate.
1/3 Regenerated "large" thumbnail for "Sydney Harbor Bridge" (ID 760).
2/3 No "large" thumbnail regeneration needed for "Boardwalk" (ID 757).
3/3 Regenerated "large" thumbnail for "Sunburst Over River" (ID 756).
Success: Regenerated 3 of 3 images.
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.