Run wp cli commands with cron job

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Is it possbile to run WP cli commands with a cron job? Because I'm setting up a demo site, and want the site to be reset every 12 hour. And i thought that with wp cli, i can reset the installation. Import a file with the right content and so on.

Or do you guys have any better idea how to do this?

Can you configure wp_schedule_event() https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_schedule_event for youк needs? — dkruchok, Aug 04 '16 at 20:33
I also remember I read about http://wp-cli.org/commands/cron/ — dkruchok, Aug 04 '16 at 20:35

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '17 at 15:44

Yes, you can.

Here's a line from my crontab file. (You can edit it by running crontab -e)

*/10 * * * * /var/www/vendor/wp-cli/wp-cli/bin/wp --path=/var/www/ update-credits

This runs my WP-CLI command update-credits every 10 minutes.

NOTE: I'm using WP-CLI as a Composer dependency in that website. The path to your wp binary may vary.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 04 '17 at 14:52

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Absolutely.

Assuming you already have WP-CLI installed in your server, you could use something like the below line in your /etc/crontab file:

0 */12 * * * www-data wp --path=/var/www/yoursite.com db reset

answered Sep 04 '17 at 14:52

Tiago Hillebrandt

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