handbook/commands/site/generate.md

wp site generate

Generate some sites.

Creates a specified number of new sites.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

[--count=<number>]

How many sites to generates? --- default: 100 ---

[--slug=<slug>]

Path for the new site. Subdomain on subdomain installs, directory on subdirectory installs.

[--email=<email>]

Email for admin user. User will be created if none exists. Assignment to super admin if not included.

[--network_id=<network-id>]

Network to associate new site with. Defaults to current network (typically 1).

[--private]

If set, the new site will be non-public (not indexed)

[--format=<format>]

Render output in a particular format. --- default: progress options:

• progress
• ids ---

EXAMPLES

Generate 10 sites.

$ wp site generate --count=10 Generating sites 100% [================================================] 0:01 / 0:04

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", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args>	Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--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).
--exec=<php-code>	Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context>	Load WordPress in a given context.
--[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.
--alias=<name>	Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https	Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.