To enable SSH on your WordPress.com site, you’ll need to have an active Business or eCommerce plan.
With SSH, you have the power of the command line at your fingertips. You can:
WP-CLI is WordPress’ command line interface. Once you SSH into your WordPress.com site, the included commands let you install plugins, add users, or run a search-and-replace against the database. If you are comfortable writing PHP, you can even create your own custom commands for special operations.
For example, the command to delete a comment is `wp comment delete`. Deleting a comment using WP-CLI can look like this:
Similarly, `wp export` is a command to export your site’s content to a WXR file. Exporting your site content at the command line might look like this:
SSH access is one of a series of new tools we’re releasing for those building sites on WordPress.com. Our goal is to make WordPress.com an enjoyable, indispensable part of your workflow.
