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

Uses php -S to launch a web server serving the WordPress webroot. See PHP CLI web server documentation.

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

Synopsis

wp server [--host=<host>] [--port=<port>] [--docroot=<path>] [--config=<file>]

Options

[–host=]
The hostname to bind the server to.

• default: localhost

[–port=]
The port number to bind the server to.

• default: 8080

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

[–config=]
Configure the server with a specific .ini file.

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.