wp-wpcli-and-ops

This skill enables agents to perform WordPress operations using WP-CLI, including safe search-replace for domain migrations, database export/import, plugin…

by AutomatticOfficial publisherNot reviewed

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Agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode
License: No license stated
Pin: 48d4aa2pinned Oct 9, 2026
Context cost: about 900 tokenswhen the skill loads
GitHub stars: 211on automattic/agent-skills
Scripts: 1 script

What it does

“Use when working with WP-CLI (wp) for WordPress operations: safe search-replace, db export/import, plugin/theme/user/content management, cron, cache flushing, multisite, and scripting/automation with wp-cli.yml.”

The author's description, from SKILL.md

Generated summary from the skill's own text

This skill enables agents to perform WordPress operations using WP-CLI, including safe search-replace for domain migrations, database export/import, plugin and theme management, cron event handling, cache flushing, and multisite administration. It provides guardrails to confirm environment safety and site targeting before running destructive commands, and supports automation through wp-cli.yml and shell scripts.

When to use it

Managing WordPress installations via command-line WP-CLI operations
Executing safe search-replace for URL changes or domain migrations
Automating plugin, theme, user, and content operations across sites
Running database exports, imports, or inspections in WordPress environments

When not to

When WP-CLI is not available in the execution environment
For tasks requiring direct database manipulation outside WP-CLI
When working with WordPress versions below 6.9 or PHP below 7.2.24

Review

Not reviewed by a person yet. The trust card below shows what our automated checks found at the pinned commit.

Trust card

What our automated checks found

At commit 48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25, checked Oct 8, 2026.

License: No license statedno license file, field or repository license
Scripts: Yes, 1 script:
scripts/wpcli_inspect.mjs
Network domains: None found
allowed-tools: None requested
Unpinned packages: None found
Spec issues: None found
Files: 9 files, 12 KB in totalLargest: SKILL.md (4.0 KB)
Context cost: Description: 211 characters, in context whenever the agent runs.Body: about 900 tokens, in context when the skill loads.
Warnings: License not statedno license file, field or repository license
Contains scriptsscripts/wpcli_inspect.mjs
Repository: Archived on GitHub, so it no longer receives changes.

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Pin history

48d4aa2Oct 9, 2026Current

Install

No license stated: install from the publisher's repository, and ask the author before you reuse or share it.

These commands install from the publisher's repository and need no account.

skills CLI

npx skills add automattic/agent-skills --skill wp-wpcli-and-ops

Installs from the repository's default branch, which may have changed since the commit we checked.

GitHub CLI 2.90 or later

gh skill install automattic/agent-skills wp-wpcli-and-ops@48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25

Installs the commit we checked (48d4aa2).

Copy by hand

Download the folder at 48d4aa2 and put it in .claude/skills/wp-wpcli-and-ops for Claude Code and in .agents/skills/wp-wpcli-and-ops for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode.

Skill folder on GitHub at 48d4aa2

Claude Code plugin

/plugin install build-with-wordpress@claude-plugins-official

The publisher's plugin in Claude's official marketplace. It may hold more than this skill, and we have not pinned it.

Copy for your agent

A prompt for any coding agent. It installs this skill from GitHub at the pinned commit, copies the files as they are, and runs nothing unless you ask.

Prompt

Install the agent skill "wp-wpcli-and-ops" by Automattic.

Source, pinned to commit 48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25:
https://github.com/automattic/agent-skills/tree/48d4aa21d0da0e7bda1c7ac155fef2e16b87aa25/skills/wp-wpcli-and-ops

1. Download that folder at exactly this commit. Do not use the default branch.
2. Copy every file unchanged, keeping the folder structure, into .claude/skills/wp-wpcli-and-ops/ for Claude Code and .agents/skills/wp-wpcli-and-ops/ for Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode. Create the folders if they do not exist.
3. Do not edit the files, and do not run any script in the folder unless I ask you to.
4. When you are done, list the files you copied and where you put them.

Its license is restricted or not stated. Show me the license terms from the repository before you copy anything.

Listing and checks: https://www.agentnative.dev/skills/automattic/wp-wpcli-and-ops

SKILL.md at the pin

The license of this skill does not let us show its files here.

View SKILL.md on GitHub at 48d4aa2

Files

SKILL.md4.0 KB · 4c751f6f2b8b
references/
automation.md628 B · 06b967e13ad5
cron-and-cache.md490 B · 670c3a996fba
debugging.md519 B · 50105f756f85
multisite.md568 B · 44e4322ce8fe
packages-and-updates.md530 B · 6b619fc29473
safety.md804 B · 74628dbc5b0a
search-replace.md1.0 KB · 8d2f85dc118e
scripts/
wpcli_inspect.mjs3.0 KB · 156d432ad386

9 files, 12 KB in total. Each file has a sha256 in the pin's manifest; the first 12 characters are shown.

Skill folder on GitHub at 48d4aa2

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