handbook/references/internal-api/wp-cli-add-command.md
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WP_CLI::add_command()

Register a command to WP-CLI.


Usage

WP_CLI::add_command( $name, $callable, $args = [] )
$name (string) Name for the command (e.g. "post list" or "site empty").
$callable (callable|object|string) Command implementation as a class, function or closure.
$args (array) {
Optional. An associative array with additional registration parameters.
@type callable $before_invoke Callback to execute before invoking the command.
@type callable $after_invoke Callback to execute after invoking the command.
@type string $shortdesc Short description (80 char or less) for the command.
@type string $longdesc Description of arbitrary length for examples, etc.
@type string $synopsis The synopsis for the command (string or array).
@type string $when Execute callback on a named WP-CLI hook (e.g. before_wp_load).
@type bool $is_deferred Whether the command addition had already been deferred.
}
@return (bool) on success, false if deferred, hard error if registration failed.

Notes

WP-CLI supports using any callable class, function, or closure as a command. WP_CLI::add_command() is used for both internal and third-party command registration.

Command arguments are parsed from PHPDoc by default, but also can be supplied as an optional third argument during registration.

# Register a custom 'foo' command to output a supplied positional param.
#
# $ wp foo bar --append=qux
# Success: bar qux

/**
 * My awesome closure command
 *
 * <message>
 * : An awesome message to display
 *
 * --append=<message>
 * : An awesome message to append to the original message.
 *
 * @when before_wp_load
 */
$foo = function( $args, $assoc_args ) {
    WP_CLI::success( $args[0] . ' ' . $assoc_args['append'] );
};
WP_CLI::add_command( 'foo', $foo );

Internal API documentation is generated from the WP-CLI codebase on every release. To suggest improvements, please submit a pull request.