---
title: "How to install WordPress CLI"
url: "https://ploi.io/documentation/server/how-to-install-wordpress-cli"
published: "2021-05-15"
last_updated: "2021-05-15"
---

# How to install WordPress CLI

WordPress CLI is the command-line interface for WordPress. You can update plugins, configure multisite installations and much more, without using a web browser.

Installing WordPress CLI in your Ubuntu server isn't that hard.

Start by downloading the script:

```
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
```

To check everything is working run the following command:

```
php wp-cli.phar --info
```

To make the command globally available we'll have to move the .phar script to the /usr/local/bin folder.

Run the following commands to make this available:

```
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
```

Now you can run this command anywhere you are in the server:

```
wp --info
```

Updating the CLI
----------------

Run the following command to update the CLI script:

```
wp cli update
```

Or run the installation script again, this will also update you to the latest version.