wp post generate

Overview

Create many test posts at once with randomized titles and placeholder content. Perfect for populating staging environments, testing pagination, and validating theme layouts.

What It Does

wp post generate creates N posts with generated content, assigning them to a specific post type and status. All generated posts have the same author and status.

Syntax

wp post generate [OPTIONS]

Arguments & Options

Flag	Default	Description
--count=N	100	Number of posts to generate
--post_type=TYPE	post	Post type slug
--post_status=STATUS	publish	Post status
--post_author=ID	1	Author user ID
--post_date=DATE	now	Date for all generated posts
--max_depth=N	1	For hierarchical types (pages), depth of child nesting
--format=FORMAT	progress	progress, ids

Basic Usage

Generate 20 published posts

wp post generate --count=20

Generate draft pages for UI testing

wp post generate --count=10 --post_type=page --post_status=draft

Generate and capture IDs

wp post generate --count=5 --format=ids

Real-World Scenarios

Scenario 1: Stress test pagination

wp post generate --count=500 --post_type=post --post_status=publish
wp post list --format=count

Scenario 2: Generate WooCommerce products for testing

wp post generate --count=50 --post_type=product --post_status=publish

Scenario 3: Generate posts and add meta

IDS=$(wp post generate --count=10 --format=ids)
for id in $IDS; do
  wp post meta add "$id" _test_flag "1"
done

Scenario 4: Cleanup generated content after testing

wp post delete $(wp post list --post_type=post --field=ID) --force --defer-term-counting

Best Practices

1. Only use on staging/dev — generated posts pollute production content.
2. Use --format=ids to capture IDs for follow-up operations.
3. Clean up after testing with a bulk delete using the same --post_type filter.

Quick Reference

wp post generate --count=20
wp post generate --count=50 --post_type=page --post_status=draft
wp post generate --count=10 --format=ids

Next Steps

• wp post delete — bulk remove generated test content.
• wp post list — verify generated posts.