This software periodically checks for new content to post on a WordPress website. The new content may be produced by a user directly. It might also be created by another software program.
WordPress is a powerful and flexible content management system (CMS) that allows users to create and manage websites with ease. It’s open-source, highly customizable, and powers about 50% of all websites on the internet. It’s used to build anything from a simple personal blog, to a full-scale business e-commerce store.
WordPress offers thousands of themes and plugins to extend functionality. Some of these plugins (Jetpack Social, Social Media Auto Publish, Blog2Social, and BitSocial just to name a few) will immediately repost this data on any or all social media platforms. There are so many options.
This software can run on any linux server, even if it is a separate server than the web server hosting the WordPress website. This is a common situation. In our case, the server does something completely different from web hosting, but needed to share results with the public occasionally.
The software uses the WordPress Command Line Interface (WP-CLI). Alternatively, we could have used the WordPress REST API for posting data, but WP-CLI is preferred since it offers direct server access.
WP-CLI is a useful tool that allows developers and administrators to manage WordPress sites directly from the command line. It enables tasks like installing and updating plugins, managing databases, creating users, and even running custom scripts—without needing a web browser. WP-CLI is fast, efficient, and ideal for automating repetitive tasks, making it a must-have for developers working with WordPress at scale.