Studio CLI: Local WordPress in Seconds

The WordPress Studio team just shipped the Studio CLI as a standalone npm package.

If you’ve used the Studio desktop app, you know the pitch: fast local WordPress development powered by WordPress 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 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, 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 →