Best wp-cli plugins for WordPress
The most popular wp-cli plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Index WP MySQL For Speed leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of OPcache Reset (500+) and S3 Image Optimizer (100+). All 28 plugins tagged “wp-cli” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 wp-cli plugins
- 1.
Index WP MySQL For SpeedThe most installed wp-cli plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 99 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
OPcache Reset500+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
S3 Image Optimizer100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 3 months ago.
- 4.
WP Composer70+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 5.
BackupEase30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 4 days ago.
- 6.
Advanced CSV Importer20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 7.
Test Content Generator20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
SnapShots20+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 9.
DB Snapshot10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.
WPRepublic Bulk Category Removal for WooCommerce10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 28 plugins tagged “wp-cli”
Index WP MySQL For Speed
Up in the last 7 days:4#717by OllieJones1 month ago
Speed up your WordPress site by adding high-performance keys (database indexes) to your MariaDB / MySQL database tables.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(99)
- Downloads
- 987/day
OPcache Reset
Down in the last 7 days:4#8,716by Danila Vershinin2 months ago
Automatic OPcache reset for WordPress. Invalidates both in-memory and file-based OPCache upon upgrading WordPress.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
S3 Image Optimizer
Up in the last 7 days:107#13,069by Shane Bishop3 months ago
Compress images in Amazon S3 buckets using lossless and lossy optimization methods via the EWWW Image Optimizer.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day
WP Composer
Up in the last 7 days:44#18,561by Sean Fisher13 years ago
Adding Composer dependency management to WP CLI.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
BackupEase
Down in the last 7 days:1,939#24,118by PrecisionWP4 days ago
WordPress backups that finish on any host, shared hosting included - WP-CLI or chunked PHP, scheduled runs, Google Drive sync, one-click migration.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 18/day
Advanced CSV Importer
Up in the last 7 days:112#25,929by Takayuki Miyauchi11 years ago
Import posts, pages, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a CSV file.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Test Content Generator
Down in the last 7 days:608#27,400by keith_wp1 year ago
Quickly generate a test site full of random users, posts, comments, tags and images.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
SnapShots
Up in the last 7 days:138#28,064by EverPress22 days ago
Save and restore named WordPress development snapshots of the database and uploads from the admin bar or WP-CLI.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DB Snapshot
Up in the last 7 days:6,423#37,753by Gary Kovar9 years ago
Extends WP-CLI to include a db checkpoint for development purposes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WPRepublic Bulk Category Removal for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:5,905#40,016by WP Republic10 months ago
The ultimate modular toolkit for WooCommerce admins. Starts with the "Missing Feature": Bulk Delete Products by Category (with WP-CLI support).
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Revision Autopilot
#52,096by Takahiro Nishii1 month ago
Post revision cleanup with three ways in: a screen to review and delete, WP-CLI for scripts and cron, and machine-readable abilities for agents.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Golive Audit
#53,383by sah0212 days ago
Launch-readiness audit for WordPress: environment-aware checks, a handoff checklist, accepted risks and client-ready reports.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 103/day
Media Mage
#53,571by Lincoln Tracy2 months ago
Find duplicate and unused media, check every reference before deleting, and send removals to the trash so a mistake stays reversible.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Audit Export
Down in the last 7 days:1,964#58,605by Will Jackson11 months ago
Audits and exports WordPress site structure: plugins, themes, content types, users, menus, widgets, and taxonomies with remote posting.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Takumi Vault
#62,020by yoshiromoriyama1 month ago
A clean, client-friendly backup & restore manager for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ConfigOps
Up in the last 7 days:5,559#62,537by pyrra2 months ago
Capture, reproduce, and safely undo WordPress configuration with redacted evidence and private portable Packs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SAEC SEO
Up in the last 7 days:2,642#63,160by saec9 months ago
Automatic SEO management for WordPress.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pavel Silinskii Maintenance Mode
#63,980by pavelsilinskii3 days ago
Maintenance mode for deploy scripts: toggle it from WP-CLI with a safety timeout. Branded 503 page, admins keep working.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 80/day
Check System Details
Up in the last 7 days:4,086#64,066by Prabhat3 months ago
Flags real WordPress problems and puts your WordPress, server, and database details in one place, with tools to test, snapshot, and report.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Palasthotel Content Change Observer
#64,188by Palasthotel GmbH4 days ago
Efficiently observe content changes between WordPress instances.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 81/day
Stillgate
Down in the last 7 days:13,199#66,197by twelvell20 days ago
Freezes editing during deployments and migrations, optionally pauses comments and forms, ends on a timer, and reports what changed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Kestrelpine Image Size Manager
#66,218by kestrelpine1 day ago
Regenerate image sizes for all, selected or single images, create only the missing sizes, and clean up leftover size files.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 53/day
Alt Text Generator AI
Down in the last 7 days:362#69,269by Bryam Loaiza1 month ago
Generate SEO-friendly, accessible alt text for your WordPress images with AI. Automatic on upload, one click, in bulk, or from WP-CLI. 131+ languages.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Digitizer AI Agent Log
#69,316by Ben Kalsky2 months ago
Records what automations changed on your site - REST API, WP-Cron, WP-CLI, XML-RPC. Changes people make in wp-admin are not recorded at all.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
UploadSleuth
Down in the last 7 days:1,596#71,295by Vagelis1 month ago
Find files that may be unused in WordPress uploads, spot missing Media Library files, and safely review, quarantine, back up, or delete them.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Governance Guardrails
#72,766by Malcolm Peralty4 months ago
Governance Guardrails provides file-based rules for managing admin behavior, capabilities, uploads, and operational hardening from code.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Nakaryu Autoload Inspector
#73,941by nakaryu24 days ago
Read-only database byte-size inspection of autoloaded WordPress options.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day