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SSH and WP-CLI

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SSH access is the easiest way to run WP-CLI commands against your WordPress app.

Enable SSH access

  1. Open your app in the Wasmer dashboard.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Open SFTP / SSH.
  4. Enable SSH access.
  5. Reveal the password or copy the generated SSH command.
SFTP and SSH settings with the enable toggle
SSH credentials with password reveal and copyable SSH command

Run WP-CLI commands

After connecting from your terminal or SSH client, you can run wp commands directly.

SSH terminal session running wp help
ssh <username>@<app-host>
wp core version
wp plugin list
wp theme list
wp option get home

Important behavior

Wasmer runs SSH sessions in an isolated environment that has access to your app files, volumes, and environment variables.

Only changes inside mounted volumes such as /app/wp-content persist after the SSH session ends. Avoid editing WordPress core files over SSH.

For more detail on the platform-wide SSH flow, see SSH / SFTP Configuration and Accessing your Wasmer Apps over SSH.

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