Manual WordPress Installation via WP-CLI – Gregory Bastianelli

Check access to server and WP-CLI version

SSH into remote server

ssh user@yoursite.com

Check for WP-CLI

wp --info

If it prints information than you are good to go, otherwise check how to access your server remotely and if you can add WP-CLI to it.

Download

Go to your server’s document root and download wordpress

wp core download

Next, create a database — instructions will vary based on your host platform.

Configuration

Make sure you have the following

Database name
Database user with full access to the database
Password of the user with full access to the database
Your host… probably just localhost

wp config create \
  --dbname=cpanel_dbname \
  --dbuser=cpanel_user \
  --dbpass='password' \
  --dbhost=localhost

Fix any errors you might have and move on to installation.

Installation

Finally, run the installation

wp core install \
--url="https://example.com" \
--title="My Site" \
--admin_user="admin" \
--admin_password="SuperPassword@55!" \
--admin_email="user@example.com"

WordPress is now live and you can access it by login into the admin.