wp comment

Creates, updates, deletes, and moderates comments.

Commands Description
wp comment create Creates a new comment.
wp comment update Updates one or more comments.
wp comment generate Generates some number of new dummy comments.
wp comment get Gets the data of a single comment.
wp comment list Gets a list of comments.
wp comment delete Deletes a comment.
wp comment trash Trashes a comment.
wp comment untrash Untrashes a comment.
wp comment spam Marks a comment as spam.
wp comment unspam Unmarks a comment as spam.
wp comment approve Approves a comment.
wp comment unapprove Unapproves a comment.
wp comment count Counts comments, on whole blog or on a given post.
wp comment recount Recalculates the comment_count value for one or more posts.
wp comment status Gets the status of a comment.
wp comment exists Verifies whether a comment exists.
wp comment meta list List all metadata associated with an object.
wp comment meta get Get meta field value.
wp comment meta delete Delete a meta field.
wp comment meta add Add a meta field.
wp comment meta update Update a meta field.
wp comment meta pluck Get a nested value from a meta field.
wp comment meta patch Update a nested value for a meta field.

Examples

wp comment

# Create a new comment.
$ wp comment create --comment_post_ID=15 --comment_content="hello blog" --comment_author="wp-cli"
Success: Created comment 932.

# Update an existing comment.
$ wp comment update 123 --comment_author='That Guy'
Success: Updated comment 123.

# Delete an existing comment.
$ wp comment delete 1337 --force
Success: Deleted comment 1337.

# Delete all spam comments.
$ wp comment delete $(wp comment list --status=spam --format=ids)
Success: Deleted comment 264.
Success: Deleted comment 262.

wp comment meta

# Set comment meta
$ wp comment meta set 123 description "Mary is a WordPress developer."
Success: Updated custom field 'description'.

# Get comment meta
$ wp comment meta get 123 description
Mary is a WordPress developer.

# Update comment meta
$ wp comment meta update 123 description "Mary is an awesome WordPress developer."
Success: Updated custom field 'description'.

# Delete comment meta
$ wp comment meta delete 123 description
Success: Deleted custom field.

Source code of the commands

wp comment create

Creates a new comment.

Usage

wp comment create [--{field}={value}] [--porcelain]

You can specify global options and the following:

[--{field}={value}]
Associative args for the new comment. See wp_insert_comment().
[--porcelain]
Output just the new comment id.

Examples

# Create comment.
$ wp comment create --comment_post_ID=15 --comment_content="hello blog" --comment_author="wp-cli"
Success: Created comment 932.

wp comment update

Updates one or more comments.

Usage

wp comment update {id}... --{field}={value}

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
One or more IDs of comments to update.
--{field}={value}
One or more fields to update. See wp_update_comment().

Examples

# Update comment.
$ wp comment update 123 --comment_author='That Guy'
Success: Updated comment 123.

wp comment generate

Generates some number of new dummy comments.

Creates a specified number of new comments with dummy data.

Usage

wp comment generate [--count={number}] [--post_id={post-id}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

[--count={number}]
How many comments to generate?
Default: 100
[--post_id={post-id}]
Assign comments to a specific post.
[--format={format}]

Render output in a particular format.
Default: progress
Can be:

  • progress
  • ids

Examples

# Generate comments for the given post.
$ wp comment generate --format=ids --count=3 --post_id=123
138 139 140
# Add meta to every generated comment.
$ wp comment generate --format=ids --count=3 | xargs -d ' ' -I % wp comment meta add % foo bar
Success: Added custom field.
Success: Added custom field.
Success: Added custom field.

wp comment get

Gets the data of a single comment.

Usage

wp comment get {id} [--field={field}] [--fields={fields}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The comment to get.
[--field={field}]
Instead of returning the whole comment, returns the value of a single field.
[--fields={fields}]
Limit the output to specific fields. Defaults to all fields.
[--format={format}]

Render output in a particular format.
Default: table
Can be:

  • table
  • csv
  • json
  • yaml

Examples

# Get comment.
$ wp comment get 21 --field=content
Thanks for all the comments, everyone!

wp comment list

Gets a list of comments.

Usage

wp comment list [--{field}={value}] [--field={field}] [--fields={fields}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

[--{field}={value}]
One or more args to pass to WP_Comment_Query.
[--field={field}]
Prints the value of a single field for each comment.
[--fields={fields}]
Limit the output to specific object fields.
[--format={format}]

Render output in a particular format.
Default: table
Can be:

  • table
  • ids
  • csv
  • json
  • count
  • yaml

Available fields

These fields will be displayed by default for each comment:

  • comment_ID
  • comment_post_ID
  • comment_date
  • comment_approved
  • comment_author
  • comment_author_email

These fields are optionally available:

  • comment_author_url
  • comment_author_IP
  • comment_date_gmt
  • comment_content
  • comment_karma
  • comment_agent
  • comment_type
  • comment_parent
  • user_id
  • url

Examples

# List comment IDs.
$ wp comment list --field=ID
22
23
24
# List comments of a post.
$ wp comment list --post_id=1 --fields=ID,comment_date,comment_author
+------------+---------------------+----------------+
| comment_ID | comment_date        | comment_author |
+------------+---------------------+----------------+
| 1          | 2015-06-20 09:00:10 | Mr WordPress   |
+------------+---------------------+----------------+
# List approved comments.
$ wp comment list --number=3 --status=approve --fields=ID,comment_date,comment_author
+------------+---------------------+----------------+
| comment_ID | comment_date        | comment_author |
+------------+---------------------+----------------+
| 1          | 2015-06-20 09:00:10 | Mr WordPress   |
| 30         | 2013-03-14 12:35:07 | John Doe       |
| 29         | 2013-03-14 11:56:08 | Jane Doe       |
+------------+---------------------+----------------+

wp comment delete

Deletes a comment.

Usage

wp comment delete {id}... [--force]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
One or more IDs of comments to delete.
[--force]
Skip the trash bin.

Examples

# Delete comment.
$ wp comment delete 1337 --force
Success: Deleted comment 1337.
# Delete multiple comments.
$ wp comment delete 1337 2341 --force
Success: Deleted comment 1337.
Success: Deleted comment 2341.

wp comment trash

Trashes a comment.

Usage

wp comment trash {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
The IDs of the comments to trash.

Examples

# Trash comment.
$ wp comment trash 1337
Success: Trashed comment 1337.

wp comment untrash

Untrashes a comment.

Usage

wp comment untrash {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
The IDs of the comments to untrash.

Examples

# Untrash comment.
$ wp comment untrash 1337
Success: Untrashed comment 1337.

wp comment spam

Marks a comment as spam.

Usage

wp comment spam {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
The IDs of the comments to mark as spam.

Examples

# Spam comment.
$ wp comment spam 1337
Success: Marked as spam comment 1337.

wp comment unspam

Unmarks a comment as spam.

Usage

wp comment unspam {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
The IDs of the comments to unmark as spam.

Examples

# Unspam comment.
$ wp comment unspam 1337
Success: Unspammed comment 1337.

wp comment approve

Approves a comment.

Usage

wp comment approve {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
The IDs of the comments to approve.

Examples

# Approve comment.
$ wp comment approve 1337
Success: Approved comment 1337.

wp comment unapprove

Unapproves a comment.

Usage

wp comment unapprove {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
The IDs of the comments to unapprove.

Examples

# Unapprove comment.
$ wp comment unapprove 1337
Success: Unapproved comment 1337.

wp comment count

Counts comments, on whole blog or on a given post.

Usage

wp comment count [{post-id}]

You can specify global options and the following:

[{post-id}]
The ID of the post to count comments in.

Examples

# Count comments on whole blog.
$ wp comment count
approved:        33
spam:            3
trash:           1
post-trashed:    0
all:             34
moderated:       1
total_comments:  37
# Count comments in a post.
$ wp comment count 42
approved:        19
spam:            0
trash:           0
post-trashed:    0
all:             19
moderated:       0
total_comments:  19

wp comment recount

Recalculates the comment_count value for one or more posts.

Usage

wp comment recount {id}...

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}...
IDs for one or more posts to update.

Examples

# Recount comment for the post.
$ wp comment recount 123
Updated post 123 comment count to 67.

wp comment status

Gets the status of a comment.

Usage

wp comment status {id}

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the comment to check.

Examples

# Get status of comment.
$ wp comment status 1337
approved

wp comment exists

Verifies whether a comment exists.

Displays a success message if the comment does exist.

Usage

wp comment exists {id}

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the comment to check.

Examples

# Check whether comment exists.
$ wp comment exists 1337
Success: Comment with ID 1337 exists.

wp comment meta list

List all metadata associated with an object.

Usage

wp comment meta list {id} [--keys={keys}] [--fields={fields}] [--format={format}] [--orderby={fields}] [--order={order}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
ID for the object.
[--keys={keys}]
Limit output to metadata of specific keys.
[--fields={fields}]
Limit the output to specific row fields. Defaults to id,meta_key,meta_value.
[--format={format}]

Render output in a particular format.
Default: table
Can be:

  • table
  • csv
  • json
  • yaml
  • count
[--orderby={fields}]

Set orderby which field.
Default: id
Can be:

  • id
  • meta_key
  • meta_value
[--order={order}]

Set ascending or descending order.
Default: asc
Can be:

  • asc
  • desc

wp comment meta get

Get meta field value.

Usage

wp comment meta get {id} {key} [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the object.
{key}
The name of the meta field to get.
[--format={format}]

Get value in a particular format.
Default: var_export
Can be:

  • var_export
  • json
  • yaml

wp comment meta delete

Delete a meta field.

Usage

wp comment meta delete {id} [{key}] [{value}] [--all]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the object.
[{key}]
The name of the meta field to delete.
[{value}]
The value to delete. If omitted, all rows with key will deleted.
[--all]
Delete all meta for the object.

wp comment meta add

Add a meta field.

Usage

wp comment meta add {id} {key} [{value}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the object.
{key}
The name of the meta field to create.
[{value}]
The value of the meta field. If omitted, the value is read from STDIN.
[--format={format}]

The serialization format for the value.
Default: plaintext
Can be:

  • plaintext
  • json

wp comment meta update

Update a meta field.

Usage

wp comment meta update {id} {key} [{value}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the object.
{key}
The name of the meta field to update.
[{value}]
The new value. If omitted, the value is read from STDIN.
[--format={format}]

The serialization format for the value.
Default: plaintext
Can be:

  • plaintext
  • json

wp comment meta pluck

Get a nested value from a meta field.

Usage

wp comment meta pluck {id} {key} {key-path}... [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{id}
The ID of the object.
{key}
The name of the meta field to get.
{key-path}...
The name(s) of the keys within the value to locate the value to pluck.
[--format={format}]

The output format of the value.
Default: plaintext
Can be:

  • plaintext
  • json
  • yaml

wp comment meta patch

Update a nested value for a meta field.

Usage

wp comment meta patch {action} {id} {key} {key-path}... [{value}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

{action}

Patch action to perform.

Can be:

  • insert
  • update
  • delete
{id}
The ID of the object.
{key}
The name of the meta field to update.
{key-path}...
The name(s) of the keys within the value to locate the value to patch.
[{value}]
The new value. If omitted, the value is read from STDIN.
[--format={format}]

The serialization format for the value.
Default: plaintext
Can be:

  • plaintext
  • json