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Switch to a default WordPress theme

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Caution: This command changes the system. Understand what it does before you run it.

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wp theme activate twentytwentyfour --skip-themes --skip-plugins --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

Switches the active theme to another installed theme without loading the current one. Useful when a theme update or a change in functions.php has taken the site down. wp theme list shows the installed themes.

Note: Theme settings, menu locations and widgets may be lost or need to be reassigned when switching. On production sites, use this only briefly for troubleshooting.

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Deactivate a single plugin despite a PHP fatal error

$wp plugin deactivate woocommerce --skip-plugins --skip-themes --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Deactivate all plugins and save the active list

$wp plugin list --status=active --field=name --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs > /var/www/vhosts/example.com/active-plugins.txt && wp plugin deactivate --all --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Enable the WordPress debug log without displaying errors

$wp config set WP_DEBUG true --raw --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp config set WP_DEBUG_LOG true --raw --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp config set WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY false --raw --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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List scheduled WP-Cron events

$wp cron event list --fields=hook,next_run_relative,recurrence --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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Back up the WordPress database as a gzip file

$wp db export - --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs | gzip > /var/www/vhosts/example.com/db-backup.sql.gz
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Change domain: replace the old domain in the database

$wp db export /var/www/vhosts/example.com/before-domain-change.sql --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs && wp search-replace '//old.example.com' '//example.com' --all-tables --skip-columns=guid --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs
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