The question:
wp-cli is great. But it’s not clear how I can quickly change a user password with it.
How to change a user’s password programatically can probably help to figure this out.
Although wp user update username --field=password is not gonna cut it, apparently md5 is deprecated so it should go through wp_set_password.
The Solutions:
Below are the methods you can try. The first solution is probably the best. Try others if the first one doesn’t work. Senior developers aren’t just copying/pasting – they read the methods carefully & apply them wisely to each case.
Method 1
This does the trick:
wp user update USERNAME --user_pass="PASSWORD"
(Found it here.)
Method 2
first check the user name:
wp user list
then change password without leaving traces in history
wp user update admin --prompt=user_pass
Method 3
Just to append one minor thing; sometimes the password may start with the = character. I prefer using this notation, just because of that.
wp user update USERNAME --user_pass="PASSWORD"
Method 4
I have found that sudo definitely changes the path, so I have tried using –allow-root without sudo and the commands work
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