wp scaffold plugin

Generates starter code for a plugin.

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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.
  • 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 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.

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EXAMPLES EXAMPLES

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

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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.