README

Launches PHP's built-in web server for a specific WordPress installation.

Quick links: Using | Installing | Contributing | Support

Using

wp server [--host=<host>] [--port=<port>] [--docroot=<path>] [--config=<file>] [--adapt-scheme] [<passthrough>...]

Uses php -S to launch a web server serving the WordPress webroot. http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.webserver.php

Importantly, PHP's built-in web server doesn't support .htaccess files. If this is a requirement, please use a more advanced web server.

OPTIONS

[--host=<host>]
	The hostname to bind the server to.
	---
	default: localhost
	---

[--port=<port>]
	The port number to bind the server to.
	---
	default: 8080
	---

[--docroot=<path>]
	The path to use as the document root. If the path global parameter is
	set, the default value is it.

[--config=<file>]
	Configure the server with a specific .ini file.

[--adapt-scheme]
	Replace HTTPS URLs matching the original site URL with HTTP in server responses.
	Useful when the site is configured with HTTPS but the development server runs on HTTP.

[<passthrough>...]
	Optional arguments to pass to the PHP binary. Any arguments after `--`
	will be passed through to the `php` command.

EXAMPLES

# Make the instance available on any address (with port 8080)
$ wp server --host=0.0.0.0
PHP 5.6.9 Development Server started at Tue May 24 01:27:11 2016
Listening on http://0.0.0.0:8080
Document root is /
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

# Run on port 80 (for multisite)
$ wp server --host=localhost.localdomain --port=80
PHP 5.6.9 Development Server started at Tue May 24 01:30:06 2016
Listening on http://localhost1.localdomain1:80
Document root is /
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

# Configure the server with a specific .ini file
$ wp server --config=development.ini
PHP 7.0.9 Development Server started at Mon Aug 22 12:09:04 2016
Listening on http://localhost:8080
Document root is /
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

# Pass extra parameters to the PHP binary
$ wp server --docroot=public -- -dzend_extension=xdebug.so
PHP 7.4.0 Development Server started at Wed Nov 10 18:00:00 2025
Listening on http://localhost:8080
Document root is /var/www/public
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

# Adapt HTTPS links when the site is configured with HTTPS
$ wp server --adapt-scheme
PHP 8.0.0 Development Server started at Wed Nov 10 18:00:00 2025
Listening on http://localhost:8080
Document root is /var/www/html
Press Ctrl-C to quit.

Installing

This package is included with WP-CLI itself, no additional installation necessary.

To install the latest version of this package over what's included in WP-CLI, run:

wp package install git@github.com:wp-cli/server-command.git

Contributing

We appreciate you taking the initiative to contribute to this project.

Contributing isn’t limited to just code. We encourage you to contribute in the way that best fits your abilities, by writing tutorials, giving a demo at your local meetup, helping other users with their support questions, or revising our documentation.

For a more thorough introduction, check out WP-CLI's guide to contributing. This package follows those policy and guidelines.

Reporting a bug

Think you’ve found a bug? We’d love for you to help us get it fixed.

Before you create a new issue, you should search existing issues to see if there’s an existing resolution to it, or if it’s already been fixed in a newer version.

Once you’ve done a bit of searching and discovered there isn’t an open or fixed issue for your bug, please create a new issue. Include as much detail as you can, and clear steps to reproduce if possible. For more guidance, review our bug report documentation.

Creating a pull request

Want to contribute a new feature? Please first open a new issue to discuss whether the feature is a good fit for the project.

Once you've decided to commit the time to seeing your pull request through, please follow our guidelines for creating a pull request to make sure it's a pleasant experience. See "Setting up" for details specific to working on this package locally.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Support

GitHub issues aren't for general support questions, but there are other venues you can try: https://wp-cli.org/#support

This README.md is generated dynamically from the project's codebase using wp scaffold package-readme (doc). To suggest changes, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.