wp rewrite

Lists or flushes the site’s rewrite rules, updates the permalink structure.

See WP Rewrite class reference.

Commands Description
wp rewrite flush Flushes rewrite rules.
wp rewrite structure Updates the permalink structure.
wp rewrite list Gets a list of the current rewrite rules.

Examples

# Flush rewrite rules
$ wp rewrite flush
Success: Rewrite rules flushed.

# Update permalink structure
$ wp rewrite structure '/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%'
Success: Rewrite structure set.

# List rewrite rules
$ wp rewrite list --format=csv
match,query,source
^wp-json/?$,index.php?rest_route=/,other
^wp-json/(.*)?,index.php?rest_route=/$matches[1],other
category/(.+?)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$,index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2],category
category/(.+?)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$,index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2],category
category/(.+?)/embed/?$,index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&embed=true,category

Source code of the commands

wp rewrite flush

Flushes rewrite rules.

Resets WordPress' rewrite rules based on registered post types, etc.

To regenerate a .htaccess file with WP-CLI, you'll need to add the mod_rewrite module to your wp-cli.yml or config.yml. For example:

apache_modules:

  • mod_rewrite

Usage

wp rewrite flush [--hard]

You can specify global options and the following:

[--hard]
Perform a hard flush - update .htaccess rules as well as rewrite rules in database. Works only on single site installs.

Examples

$ wp rewrite flush
Success: Rewrite rules flushed.

wp rewrite structure

Updates the permalink structure.

Sets the post permalink structure to the specified pattern.

To regenerate a .htaccess file with WP-CLI, you'll need to add the mod_rewrite module to your wp-cli.yml or config.yml. For example:

To regenerate a .htaccess file with WP-CLI, you'll need to add the mod_rewrite module to your WP-CLI config. For example:

apache_modules:

  • mod_rewrite

Usage

wp rewrite structure {permastruct} [--category-base={base}] [--tag-base={base}] [--hard]

You can specify global options and the following:

{permastruct}
The new permalink structure to apply.
[--category-base={base}]
Set the base for category permalinks, i.e. '/category/'.
[--tag-base={base}]
Set the base for tag permalinks, i.e. '/tag/'.
[--hard]
Perform a hard flush - update .htaccess rules as well as rewrite rules in database.

Examples

$ wp rewrite structure '/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/'
Success: Rewrite structure set.

wp rewrite list

Gets a list of the current rewrite rules.

Usage

wp rewrite list [--match={url}] [--source={source}] [--fields={fields}] [--format={format}]

You can specify global options and the following:

[--match={url}]
Show rewrite rules matching a particular URL.
[--source={source}]
Show rewrite rules from a particular source.
[--fields={fields}]
Limit the output to specific fields. Defaults to match,query,source.
[--format={format}]

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

  • table
  • csv
  • json
  • count
  • yaml

Examples

$ wp rewrite list --format=csv
match,query,source
^wp-json/?$,index.php?rest_route=/,other
^wp-json/(.*)?,index.php?rest_route=/$matches[1],other
category/(.+?)/feed/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$,index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2],category
category/(.+?)/(feed|rdf|rss|rss2|atom)/?$,index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&feed=$matches[2],category
category/(.+?)/embed/?$,index.php?category_name=$matches[1]&embed=true,category