This command runs on the before_wp_load hook, just before the WP load process begins.
Uses php -S to launch a web server serving the WordPress webroot.
<https://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php>
Importantly, PHP’s built-in web server doesn’t support .htaccess files. If this is a requirement, please use a more advanced web server.
# Make the instance available on any address (with port 8080)
$ wp server --host=0.0.0.0
PHP 5.6.9 Development Server started at Tue May 24 01:27:11 2016
Listening on https://0.0.0.0:8080
Document root is /
Press Ctrl-C to quit.
# Run on port 80 (for multisite)
$ wp server --host=localhost.localdomain --port=80
PHP 5.6.9 Development Server started at Tue May 24 01:30:06 2016
Listening on https://localhost1.localdomain1:80
Document root is /
Press Ctrl-C to quit.
# Configure the server with a specific .ini file
$ wp server --config=development.ini
PHP 7.0.9 Development Server started at Mon Aug 22 12:09:04 2016
Listening on https://localhost:8080
Document root is /
Press Ctrl-C to quit.
Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”).
--http=<http>
Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id\|login\|email>
Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>]
Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>]
Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages
Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path>
Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--exec=<php-code>
Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context>
Load WordPress in a given context.
--[no-]color
Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>]
Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>]
Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet
Suppress informational messages.
Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.
