WP CLI Random Posts Generator

This WP CLI posts generator, unlike the core generator in WP CLI, supports the following:

• Terms
• Term Counts
• Taxonomies
• Post Types
• Post Counts
• Post Author
• Post Status
• Featured Images ( thanks to lorempixel.com )
• Featured Image Types ( thanks to lorempixel.com )
• Image Download sizes
• Multi-site ( specify site id if necessary )

NEW - using wp jw-random cleanup <options> this script now cleans up after itself.

Thanks to BaconIpsum.com for providing the API for the content and Justin Sternberg for letting me know about it in his old code :) - Also thanks to SetGetGo.com for the random word generator API

What this does NOT do

Currently this CLI command does not support meta-data, mainly due to the amount of commands you would need to run for large sites. Still a great script if you need to generate some placeholder posts fast, especially with featured images and terms.

Cleanup Options

wp jw-random cleanup

--type=<post_type> - Default: post
Determines the post type of the generated posts.

--force - Default: false
Force deletes the posts, skips the trash.

--author=<id> - Default: 1
Sets the author ID of the posts, defaults to the site admin ( typically ID 1 ).

--tax=<taxonomy_slug>
What taxonomies to generate terms for, if not set, no terms will be created.

Taxonomy slugs can be separated by commas if you need more than one.

--site=<site_id>
IF this is set, and the site is multi-site enabled. A switch to blog occurs to this blog ID so posts are imported to this ID.

--media Shorthand for typing --type=attachment and will save you from typing a second command.

Generate Options

wp jw-random posts

--type=<post_type> - Default: post
Determines the post type of the generated posts.

--post_status=<post_status> - Default: publish The status you want the inserted posts set to.

--n=<post_count> - Default: 1
How many posts you want to generate

--author=<id> - Default: 1
Sets the author ID of the posts, defaults to the site admin ( typically ID 1 ).

--tax=<taxonomy_slug>
What taxonomies to generate terms for, if not set, no terms will be created.

Taxonomy slugs can be separated by commas if you need more than one.

--tax-n=<term_count> - Default 3
How many terms to generate per taxonomy slug.

--featured-image
If this is set, featured images will be set for the posts.

--image-size=<width,height> - Default: 1024,768
Determines the image size from lorempixel.com when downloading. It's typically a good idea to set this large enough so your image resizing can handle it without squishing or stretching.

--img-type=<provider_slug> - Default: random
Sets the image category from lorempixel.com, the following options are available:

• abstract
• sports
• city
• people
• transport
• animals
• food
• nature
• business
• cats
• fashion
• nightlife
• fashion
• technics

--site=<site_id>
IF this is set, and the site is multi-site enabled. A switch to blog occurs to this blog ID so posts are imported to this ID.

Changelog

1.1

• Fixed possible bug with post_type_exists checks on multisite installs.
• Added cleanup method to allow users to undo/remove posts, terms, and media that was added via this generator. This is not backwards compatible, with earlier versions, sorry guys!
• Added post_status flag for generating posts, you can now set your own status.
  Note: status does not validate, so you can technically set this to anything, its up to you as a developer to expose custom statuses in the admin.
• Added taxonomy validation: Script will now validate if a taxonomy is even registered, and allow you to continue if you want.

1.0

Initial Release