Using WordPress CLI for managing WordPress instance.
Download WordPress CLI:
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli.phar
Check it:
php wp-cli.phar --info
Make it executable:
chmod +x wp-cli.phar
sudo mv wp-cli.phar /usr/local/bin/wp
Check it:
wp --info
Update WP CLI tool:
wp cli update
Upgrade WordPress using WP CLI:
sudo -u apache /usr/local/bin/wp core update --path=/path/to/wordpress/
List WordPress plugins:
sudo -u apache /usr/local/bin/wp plugin list --path=/path/to/wordpress/
Upgrade plugin:
sudo -u apache /usr/local/bin/wp plugin update wordpress-seo --path=/path/to/wordpress/