WP-CLI is a command line interface for the popular CMS – WordPress. It is primarily aimed at developers and other webmasters who want to manage their website (or a network of multiple websites) without using a browser or logging into the WordPress administration.

In the following, you will learn about WP-CLI commands for managing the WordPress plugin LiteSpeed Cache, which is responsible for ensuring efficient caching at server level. All web hosting users can try out the commands and benefit from the lightning-fast LiteSpeed web server.

Table of contents

• Commands for settings management
• Commands for clearing the cache
• Image optimisation commands
• QUIC.cloud management commands
• Debug commands

Commands to manage settings

Commands related to settings start with litespeed-option.

Specifying a setting value

Command: litespeed-option set

Parameters:

• <key> – the setting to be changed
• <newvalue> – the value to set to the setting

# Example (1)
wp litespeed-option set cache-priv false

# Example (2)
wp litespeed-option set 'cdn-mapping[url][0]' https://cdn.example.com/

Getting the value of the setting

Command: litespeed-option get

Parameter: <key> – the setting from which to get the value

# Example (1)
wp litespeed-option get cache-priv

# Example (2)
wp litespeed-option get 'cdn-mapping[url][0]'

Get all settings values

Displays a list of all settings and their associated values.

Command: litespeed-option all

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-option all

Export settings

If no path is specified, all settings are exported to CURRENTDIR/lscache_wp_options_DATE-TIME.txt.

Command: litespeed-option export

Parameter: [--filename=<path>] – specify an alternate path for exporting settings (OPTIONAL)

# Example
wp litespeed-option export

Import settings

To import settings from a specific file. Each setting must be written on its own line, as option_key=option_value. If you want to use a comment, add a ; (semicolon) to the beginning of the line. Lines with comments are not executed.

Command: litespeed-option import

Parameter: <file> – import settings file

# Example
wp litespeed-option import options.txt

Restore settings to their original state

Restores all settings to factory defaults.

Command: litespeed-option reset

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-option reset

Cache clearing commands

Commands related to clearing the cache start with litespeed-purge.

Displaying domains in the network

Displays all domains and their IDs in the network.

Command: litespeed-purge network_list

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-purge network_list

Clear network cache

Clears the cache of the entire network of sites.

Command: litespeed-purge all

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-purge all

Clear blog cache

Clears the cache of a single web page in the network.

Command: litespeed-purge blog

Parameter: <blogid> – ID of the web page where you want to clear the cache

# Example
wp litespeed-purge blog 3

Clearing category cache

Clears the cache for the selected categories.

Command: litespeed-purge category

Parameter: <ids> – IDs of the categories for which you want to clear the cache

# Example
wp litespeed-purge category 2 4 6

Clear tag cache

Clears the cache for the selected tags.

Command: litespeed-purge tag

Parameter: <ids> – IDs of the tags for which you want to clear the cache

# Example
wp litespeed-purge tag 3 5 7

Clearing the post cache

Clears the cache for selected posts.

Command: litespeed-purge post_id

Parameter: <ids> – IDs of the posts for which you want to clear the cache

# Example
wp litespeed-purge post_id 4 7 9 11

Image optimization commands

The commands related to image optimisation start with litespeed-image.

Sending images for optimization

Sends a request for image optimisation to the QUIC.cloud server.

Command: litespeed-image push

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-image push

Download optimised images

Downloads optimised images from the QUIC.cloud server.

Command: litespeed-image pull

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-image pull

Get image optimization status

Displays the optimisation status based on local environment data.

Command: litespeed-image status or litespeed-image s

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-image status

Cleaning non-optimised images

Clear non-optimised images on the QUIC.cloud server.

Command: litespeed-image clean

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-image clean

Removing the original backup

Remove original image backups.

Command: litespeed-image rm_bkup

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-image rm_bkup

QUIC.cloud management commands

Commands related to QUIC.cloud web services start with litespeed-online.

API key generation

Generates an anonymous domain API key for secure communication with the QUIC.cloud server.

Command: litespeed-online init

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-online init

Data synchronisation

Synchronises the usage data of the QUIC.cloud service.

Command: litespeed-online sync

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-online sync

QUIC.cloud service demonstration

Displays all QUIC.cloud services.

Command: litespeed-online services

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-online services

Show nodes in use

Displays all QUIC.cloud nodes that are currently active.

Command: litespeed-online nodes

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-online nodes

Detects the nearest node in use

Detects the closest active QUIC.cloud node for a given service.

Command: litespeed-online ping

Parameter: <service> – the service for which you want to find the node

# Example
wp litespeed-online ping img_optm

Troubleshooting commands

Commands related to debugging start with litespeed-debug.

Sending a report

Sends a report to LiteSpeed about the state of the web environment.

Command: litespeed-debug send

Parameter: /

# Example
wp litespeed-debug send

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