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Run WP-CLI as the Plesk subscription user instead of root

caution rootWP-CLIdebian, ubuntu

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

Adjust the values, the command updates live
root@server
runuser -u webuser -- wp plugin list --path=/var/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs

Starts WP-CLI as the subscription’s system user, who owns the files under /var/www/vhosts/<domain>. This keeps newly created files such as uploads, plugins or caches under the right owner, so PHP-FPM can still write to them. stat -c %U on the httpdocs directory shows the subscription user.

Note: The alternative --allow-root works, but it runs plugin code with root privileges and leaves root-owned files behind. It should remain the exception.

Open question before approval: Prüfen, ob wp im PATH von runuser liegt (sonst vollen Pfad wie /usr/local/bin/wp angeben) und ob WP-CLI ohne HOME-Verzeichnis-Schreibrechte des Abo-Benutzers sauber läuft.

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