Download ACF with WP-CLI on clean install

• maximebj

• November 21, 2014 at 5:59 am

Hello !

I wanted to make a script to automatically install WP with WP-CLI.
Very powerful by the way.

Everything works fine (create DB, DL and install WP, install plugins, change some options, DL and activate theme…)

The only thing remaining is to automatically download and install ACF-PRO

I tried :

wp plugin install http://connect.advancedcustomfields.com/index.php?p=pro&a=download&k=<MYKEY>

but it’s not working, I think because this is not the direct URL.

Have you got an Idea ?

Thanks

• tlexcellent

• June 12, 2015 at 5:33 am

If someone is looking for a solution, here’s how I did with bash script :

# get plugin path
acf_zip_file=”$(wp plugin path)/acf-pro.zip”

# get acf zip file
wget -O ${acf_zip_file} “http://connect.advancedcustomfields.com/index.php?p=pro&a=download&k=<YOUR_KEY>&#8221;

# install & activate acf
wp plugin install ${acf_zip_file} –activate

# remove zip file
rm ${acf_zip_file}

• maximebj

• June 12, 2015 at 4:50 pm

Thank you for the help 🙂

• squarecandy

• March 22, 2016 at 1:32 pm

Thanks @tlexcellent. This was helpful.

• [email protected]

• May 2, 2019 at 4:52 pm

There is an easier way to install ACF via WP-CLI now since wp plugin install accepts “<plugin|zip|url>” as a first parameter. Docs here.

Just run wp plugin install “http://connect.advancedcustomfields.com/index.php?p=pro&a=download&k=<YOUR_KEY>” and that’s it. You can also add --activate flag to activate ACF after installation.

• Kevin Mamaqi

• July 5, 2020 at 3:10 am

This method doesn’t work for me, or doesn’t work anymore.