---
title: 'Studio CLI: Local WordPress in Seconds'
description: The Studio CLI is now a standalone npm package, enabling fast local WordPress development directly from your terminal without the desktop app.
doc_version: current
last_updated: '2026-03-31T11:05:30.000Z'
date: '2026-03-30T15:42:16.000Z'
author: Rich Tabor
summary: The Studio CLI is now a standalone npm package, enabling fast local WordPress development directly from your terminal without the desktop app.
tags:
  - AI
  - WordPress
published: true
type: blog
url: /studio-cli
canonical: https://richtabor.com/studio-cli
id: 7811
---

The [WordPress Studio](https://developer.wordpress.com/studio/) team just shipped the Studio CLI as a standalone [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wp-studio).

If you’ve used the Studio [desktop app](https://developer.wordpress.com/studio/), you know the pitch: fast local WordPress development powered by [WordPress Playground](https://wordpress.org/playground/). Now all of that works from your terminal. No desktop app, no Docker, no Apache configs.

Install it with `npm install -g wp-studio` and run `studio site create` to get a local WordPress site up in actual seconds.

You, or more likely your agents, can even configure sites with custom domains, HTTPS, and specific WordPress or PHP versions:

```
studio site set --domain mysite.wp.local --https --wp 6.8
```

You can also authenticate with [WordPress.com](https://WordPress.com) to create a temporary preview site and (soon) push/pull sync:

```
studio auth login
studio preview create
```

The Studio app is nice. I run it every day I’m building with WordPress. But putting it in the terminal means our agents can use it too. Just tell your agent about [the package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wp-studio), or give it my post here, and you’ll be up and running in no time.

It’s free to install and use. Early access is live now on Mac, Windows, and Linux (a first for Studio).

[Get WordPress Studio CLI →](https://www.npmjs.com/package/wp-studio)

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