wordpress-content

WordPress Content

Create, update, and manage WordPress content — posts, pages, media, categories, tags, and menus. Produces live content on the site via WP-CLI or the REST API.

Prerequisites

• Working WP-CLI SSH connection or REST API credentials (use wordpress-setup skill)
• Site config from wordpress.config.json or wp-cli.yml

Workflow

Step 1: Determine the Operation

Task	Best Method
Create/edit single post or page	WP-CLI wp post create/update
Bulk create posts	WP-CLI loop or REST API batch
Upload images/media	WP-CLI wp media import
Manage categories/tags	WP-CLI wp term
Update navigation menus	WP-CLI wp menu
Scheduled posts	WP-CLI with --post_date
Complex HTML content	Write to temp file, pass to WP-CLI
No SSH access available	REST API with Application Password

Step 2: Create Content

Blog Posts

# Simple post
wp @site post create \
  --post_type=post \
  --post_title="My New Blog Post" \
  --post_content="<p>Post content here.</p>" \
  --post_status=draft \
  --post_category=3,5

# Post from HTML file (better for long content)
wp @site post create ./post-content.html \
  --post_type=post \
  --post_title="My New Blog Post" \
  --post_status=draft \
  --post_excerpt="A brief summary of the post." \
  --post_category=3,5 \
  --tags_input="tag1,tag2"

Post statuses: draft, publish, pending, future (use with --post_date)

Pages

wp @site post create \
  --post_type=page \
  --post_title="About Us" \
  --post_content="<h2>Our Story</h2><p>Content here...</p>" \
  --post_status=publish \
  --post_parent=0 \
  --menu_order=10

Scheduled Posts

wp @site post create \
  --post_type=post \
  --post_title="Scheduled Post" \
  --post_content="<p>This goes live tomorrow.</p>" \
  --post_status=future \
  --post_date="2026-02-23 09:00:00"

Step 3: Upload Media

# Upload from URL
wp @site media import "https://example.com/image.jpg" \
  --title="Product Photo" \
  --alt="Product front view" \
  --caption="Our latest product"

# Upload from local file (requires SCP first for remote sites)
scp ./image.jpg user@host:/tmp/image.jpg
wp @site media import /tmp/image.jpg --title="Local Upload"

# Import and set as featured image in one step
wp @site media import "https://example.com/hero.jpg" \
  --title="Hero" --featured_image --post_id={id}

# List media
wp @site post list --post_type=attachment --fields=ID,post_title,guid

# Regenerate thumbnails
wp @site media regenerate --yes