WpW: Using LSCache with the WordPress CLI

Welcome to another installment of WordPress Wednesday!
Today’s topic is: Using LSCache with the WordPress CLI

Disclaimer: The information contained in this post is accurate as of LSCWP v3.5.2 [release log]. If you are using a later version, the commands may have changed. Please refer to our documentation.

WP-CLI is the command-line interface for WordPress. It allows you to perform many actions that would normally require you to visit the WordPress Dashboard in a browser. LiteSpeed’s WP-CLI commands that allow you to manage your cache simply from the command line, and with version 3.0 of our plugin, we have expanded these options considerably.

This is just a taste of the commands available. For the full list, including CLI commands for QUIC Cloud services and debugging purposes, please see our documentation.

Option Commands

Use litespeed-option plus these commands to view and change LSCache’s configuration.

• all allows you to see what options are available:

  wp litespeed-option all

• export sends all of the options to a file:

  wp litespeed-option export

• set allows you to change a particular option to a particular value. (It might be handy to export the options first, so that you know what each option is named, and what type of value is expected.):

  wp litespeed-option set cache-priv false

• import configures LSCache according to the options in a specified file:

  wp litespeed-option import options.txt

Purge Commands

Use litespeed-purge plus these commands to purge specific entries from the cache.

• network_list displays all of the site domains and IDs in a table:

  wp litespeed-purge network_list

• all purges all cache entries associated with the WordPress installation. For networks, purges all cache entries for every site in the network:

  wp litespeed-purge all

• blog purges all cache entries for a particular blog ID. For example, in a multisite install, purge only the shop.example.com cache (stored as blog id 2):

  wp litespeed-purge blog 2

• tag purges the listed WordPress tags by ID. For example, purge the tag IDs 1, 3, and 5:

• wp litespeed-purge tag 1 3 5

• category purges the listed WordPress categories by ID. For example, purge the category ids 1, 3, and 5:

  wp litespeed-purge category 1 3 5

• post_id purges all cache tags related to the listed WordPress Posts or Products by ID. For example, purge the post ids 1, 3, and 5:

  wp litespeed-purge post_id 1 3 5

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