WP-CLI v2.12.0 release now available on Pantheon

We have updated the version of WP-CLI on the Pantheon platform to v2.12.0. Sites will automatically update to this version over the next 48 hours.

WP-CLI is easily accessible for any WordPress site on Pantheon through our CLI, Terminus, allowing you to manage your WordPress installations efficiently with powerful commands at your fingertips.

Highlights

• Post lists can now handle complex query flags: When using post list, you can now use JSON notation to provide complex query arguments to the --tax_query, --meta_query and --post_date fields.
• Post meta can be forced to only return a single value: The post meta get command now has a --single flag defaulting to true which can be negated with --no-single. This flag tells WordPress whether to only return a single value or all existing values for a given key.
• Exclude files on core checksum verification: When running a core checksum verification, you can exclude one or more files from the checksum verification with the new --exclude=<files> flag.
• Respect requires and requires_php tags for plugins and themes: The plugin and theme commands now understand and respect the requires and requires_php header tags when trying to install or update extensions. A new state unavailable has been introduced to denote the updates that are newer than your current installation but for which your site does not fulfill the requirements.
• PHP 8.4 Compatibility: WP-CLI is now fully compatible with PHP 8.4. Pantheon is actively working to add PHP 8.4 support on the platform.
• Bug Fixes: WP-CLI 2.12.0 includes numerous bug fixes, with over 382 pull requests merged, addressing both minor and significant issues.

Two fixes related to wp-config.php in this release are specifically driven by needs of the Pantheon platform. wp config has (to check the existence of a variable or constant in wp-config) previously failed in read-only filesystems like Pantheon's test and live environments. PHP warnings or notices in wp-config.php also no longer surface twice when running wp config commands.

Pantheon Senior Software Engineer Phil Tyler contributed to this latest WP-CLI release.

For a deeper dive into all the changes, we encourage you to explore the detailed WP-CLI changelog.