{"id":4506,"date":"2018-05-09T17:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-05-09T17:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/05\/09\/how-to-install-a-wp-cli-package\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T22:27:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T02:27:11","slug":"how-to-install-a-wp-cli-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-cli\/how-to-install-a-wp-cli-package\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install a WP-CLI Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><abbr title=\"WordPress Command Line Interface\">WP-CLI<\/abbr> has many capabilities but like plugins for WordPress, <strong>packages<\/strong> can be installed to add functionality to WP-CLI. For instance, you can install the <i>wp-cli\/wp-super-cache-cli<\/i> package to add functions for support of the WP Super Cache plugin. Be sure to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-cli.org\/package-index\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to navigate to the WP-CLI Package Index website to find more information on the available packages.\">official WP-CLI Package Index<\/a> for more information on the available packages. In this guide, you can learn how to <strong>install a package for WP-CLI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Install a WP-CLI Package<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li>\n<p> <a href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/shared-reseller-ssh\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to navigate to our guide and learn how to use SSH to connect to your server\" rel=\"noopener\">SSH into your server<\/a> as the cPanel user that owns the website you would like to install the plugin on. \t\t<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Use the <span class=\"cli\">cd<\/span> command to switch to the <a href=\"\/support\/website\/where-to-upload-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to navigate to our guide and learn how to find the document root directory of your website.\" rel=\"noopener\">document root directory of your website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Example: <span class=\"cli\">cd <b>public_html\/my_website<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"><b>NOTE: <\/b>Be sure to replace <span class=\"cli\"><b>public_html\/my_website<\/b><\/span> with the actual path to the document root directory of your website.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Run the following command:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"cli\">wp package install <b>danielbachhuber\/wp-cli-stat-command<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"><b>NOTE: <\/b>Be sure to replace <span class=\"cli\"><b>danielbachhuber\/wp-cli-stat-command<\/b><\/span> with the actual package you would like to install. However, the example command will install a useful plugin for reviewing stats\/data about your WordPress site.<\/div>\n<p>Once the installation completes, you will see the following output:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"cli\">exampl3@example.com [~\/public_html\/wordpress]# wp package install danielbachhuber\/wp-cli-stat-command Installing package danielbachhuber\/wp-cli-stat-command (dev-master) Updating \/home\/exampl3\/.wp-cli\/packages\/composer.json to require the package... Using Composer to install the package... --- Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies Resolving dependencies through SAT Dependency resolution completed in 0.242 seconds Analyzed 5729 packages to resolve dependencies Analyzed 373408 rules to resolve dependencies Package operations: 1 install, 0 updates, 0 removals Installs: danielbachhuber\/wp-cli-stat-command:dev-master d308e5b  - Installing danielbachhuber\/wp-cli-stat-command (dev-master d308e5b) Writing lock file Generating autoload files --- <span style=\"color:green\">Success:<\/span> Package installed.<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p><b>Congratulations!<\/b> Now you know how to <strong>install a package using WP-CLI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-cli\/\">WP-CLI<\/a>, the command-line interface for WordPress, and how to streamline your WordPress maintenance workflows!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WP-CLI has many capabilities but like plugins for WordPress, packages can be installed to add functionality to WP-CLI. For instance, you can install the wp-cli\/wp-super-cache-cli package to add functions for support of the WP Super Cache plugin. Be sure to check out the official WP-CLI Package Index for more information on the available packages. 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