wp rewrite flush

Last updated: February 15, 2026

Flushes rewrite rules.

Resets WordPress’ rewrite rules based on registered post types, etc.

To regenerate a .htaccess file with WP-CLI, you’ll need to add the mod_rewrite module to your wp-cli.yml or config.yml:

yaml

apache_modules:
  - mod_rewrite

Synopsis

bash

wp rewrite flush [--hard]

[–hard] Perform a hard flush – update .htaccess rules as well as rewrite rules in database. Works only on single site installs.

bash

$ wp rewrite flush
Success: Rewrite rules flushed.