A command-line tool to sync a local directory to your WordPress.
This can publish and update posts, as well as upload media.
Go Environment: install using: go get github.com/mkaz/wpsync
Binaries: See releases tab in Github
Works with any self-hosted WordPress but requires the JWT Authentication plugin to be installed and activated. Follow the plugin instructions for installation and setup.
Here's what I did to install the JWT Auth plugin:
wp plugin install --activate jwt-authentication-for-wp-rest-api
Add the following to your wp-config.php
define('JWT_AUTH_SECRET_KEY', 'your-top-secret-key');
My .htaccess config to configure the plugin:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Configure wpsync to work with you site using: wpsync --init It will prompt you for your username and password, the password is not stored but the JWT token used to make API calls. The token expires after 7 days, so you will need to login again.
Create a media sub-directory, anything placed in here will be copied to the media library.
Create a posts sub-directory, each markdown file placed here will create a new post.
Run wpsync [args]
Arguments:
-confirm Confirm prompt before upload -debug Display debug messages -dryrun Test run, shows what will happen -help Display help and quit -init Create settings for blog and auth -quiet Do not display info messages -test Test config and authentication -version Display version and quit
The posts should be written in markdown and include "front-matter" to specify settings. The front-matter format is similar to Jekyll, a set of parameters delineated by lines containing ---
The parameters are: title, date, status
See WordPress REST API for parameter details and default values.
For example, if you want to publish a draft set status: draft in the front-matter in the markdown. Edit, and preview away, and then when ready to publish, change to status: publish.
Post example:
---
title: My Sample Post
status: draft
---
Content for my post...
You can create a directory called pages and wpsync will upload markdown files there to new pages. Pages are slightly different than posts, there is no date. Pages support the following additional fields: parent, template, order
parent - Parent id if you want to create a child page
template - Pick specific template, matches file name of template
order - Equilvalent to menu_order which allows sorting children
The program creates a posts.json and media.json files locally with the entries that were uploaded. If these json files are deleted, then any files found in posts & media directories will be uploaded again.
TODO: Implement two-way sync, right now the data only goes from local to remote.
You can confirm the JWT Authentication plugin is installed and working properly, by using this curl command and checking to see if you get a proper token response, replace USER/PASS with your credentials.
curl -X POST -d "username=USER&password=PASS" http://your.site/wp-json/jwt-auth/v1/token
- Created by Marcus Kazmierczak (mkaz.blog)
- Written in Golang.
- Pull requests & Bug reports welcome.
- WTFPL Licensed.