WooCommerce CLI (WC-CLI) offers the ability to manage WooCommerce (WC) via the command-line, using WP CLI. The documentation here covers the version of WC CLI that started shipping in WC 3.0.0 and later.
WC CLI is powered by the [WC REST API](https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/), meaning most of what is possible with the REST API can also be achieved via the command-line.
_If you're looking for documentation on the [WC 2.5 and 2.6's CLI go here](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/Legacy-CLI-commands-(v2.6-and-below))._
## What is WP-CLI?
For those who have never heard before WP-CLI, here's a brief description extracted from the [official website](http://wp-cli.org/).
> **WP-CLI** is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser.
## WooCommerce Commands
A full listing of WC-CLI commands and their accepted arguments can be found on the [commands page](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/wiki/WC-CLI-Commands).
All WooCommerce-related commands are grouped into `wp wc` command. The available commands (as of WC 3.0) are:
```bash
$ wp wc
usage: wp wc customer <command>
or: wp wc customer_download <command>
or: wp wc order_note <command>
or: wp wc payment_gateway <command>
or: wp wc product <command>
or: wp wc product_attribute <command>
or: wp wc product_attribute_term <command>
or: wp wc product_cat <command>
or: wp wc product_review <command>
or: wp wc product_shipping_class <command>
or: wp wc product_tag <command>
or: wp wc product_variation <command>
or: wp wc shipping_method <command>
or: wp wc shipping_zone <command>
or: wp wc shipping_zone_location <command>
or: wp wc shipping_zone_method <command>
or: wp wc shop_coupon <command>
or: wp wc shop_order <command>
or: wp wc shop_order_refund <command>
or: wp wc tax <command>
or: wp wc tax_class <command>
or: wp wc tool <command>
or: wp wc webhook <command>
or: wp wc webhook_delivery <command>
See 'wp help wc <command>' for more information on a specific command.
```
**Note**: When using the commands, you must specify your username or user ID using the `--user` argument. This is to let the REST API know which user should be used.
You can see more details about the commands using `wp help wc` or with the `--help` flag, which explains arguments and subcommands.
Example:
`wp wc customer --help`
```bash
NAME
wp wc customer
SYNOPSIS
wp wc customer <command>
SUBCOMMANDS
create Create a new item.
delete Delete an existing item.
get Get a single item.
list List all items.
update Update an existing item.
```
`wp wc customer list --help`
```bash
NAME
wp wc customer list
DESCRIPTION
List all items.
SYNOPSIS
wp wc customer list [--context=<context>] [--page=<page>]
Updating or creating some fields will require passing JSON. These are fields that contain arrays of information - for example, setting [https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/#customer-properties](billing information) using the customer command. This is just passing key/value pairs.
Full documentation for every command is available using `--help`. Below are some example commands to show what the CLI can do.
All the examples below use user ID 1 (usually an admin account), but you should replace that with your own user account.
You can also find other examples (without output) by looking at [the testing files for our CLI tests](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/tree/trunk/plugins/woocommerce/tests/cli/features).
Each command will have a `.feature` file. For example, [these some payment gateway commands](https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/trunk/plugins/woocommerce/tests/cli/features/payment_gateway.feature).
| clear_transients | WC transients | Clear transients | This tool will clear the product/shop transients cache. |
| clear_expired_transients | Expired transients | Clear expired transients | This tool will clear ALL expired transients from WordPress. |
| delete_orphaned_variations | Orphaned variations | Delete orphaned variations | This tool will delete all variations which have no parent. |
| recount_terms | Term counts | Recount terms | This tool will recount product terms - useful when changing your settings in a wa |
| | | | y which hides products from the catalog. |
| reset_roles | Capabilities | Reset capabilities | This tool will reset the admin, customer and shop_manager roles to default. Use t |
| | | | his if your users cannot access all of the WooCommerce admin pages. |
| clear_sessions | Customer sessions | Clear all sessions | <strongclass="red">Note:</strong> This tool will delete all customer session dat |
| | | | a from the database, including any current live carts. |
| install_pages | Install WooCommerce pages | Install pages | <strongclass="red">Note:</strong> This tool will install all the missing WooComm |
| | | | erce pages. Pages already defined and set up will not be replaced. |
| delete_taxes | Delete all WooCommerce tax rates | Delete ALL tax rates | <strongclass="red">Note:</strong> This option will delete ALL of your tax rates, |
| | | | use with caution. |
| reset_tracking | Reset usage tracking settings | Reset usage tracking settings | This will reset your usage tracking settings, causing it to show the opt-in banne |
billing,"{""first_name"":""Bob"",""last_name"":""Tester"",""company"":""Woo"",""address_1"":""123 Main St."",""address_2"":"""",""city"":""New York"",""state"":"""",""postcode"":"""","
shipping,"{""first_name"":""Bob"",""last_name"":""Tester"",""company"":""Woo"",""address_1"":""123 Main St."",""address_2"":"""",""city"":""New York"",""state"":"""",""postcode"":"""",
### I get a 401 error when using commands, what do I do?
If you are getting a 401 error like `Error: Sorry, you cannot list resources. {"status":401}`, you are trying to use the command unauthenticated. The WooCommerce CLI as of 3.0 requires you to provide a proper user to run the action as. Pass in your user ID using the `--user` flag.
### I am trying to update a list of X, but it's not saving
Some 'lists' are actually objects. For example, if you want to set categories for a product, [the REST API expects an _array of objects_](https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/#product-properties).
