Title: WP CLI support
Last modified: July 29, 2022

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# WP CLI support

 *  [5lions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/5lions/)
 * (@5lions)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cli-support-pleeeaaassseee/)
 * Please please PLEASE add WP CLI support.
 * I run an agency, and would love to automate the process to check hundreds of 
   websites every week using gotmls via WP CLI.
 * Maybe I missed it… but if this doesn’t exist already, you are missing a huge 
   opportunity here to sell to agencies that run large portfolios of websites.
 * We love GOTMLS but hardly use it, because its too time consuming to log in, install
   it and run scans manually.
    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwp-cli-support-pleeeaaassseee%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * (@scheeeli)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cli-support-pleeeaaassseee/#post-15047971)
 * Thank you for your interest in my plugin. Unfortunately the scan engine is not
   compatible with any CLI at this time. However, I am currently working on a scheduled
   scan feature but it will not be ready until I can re-engineer the scan process
   to run without a browser window.
 *  Thread Starter [5lions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/5lions/)
 * (@5lions)
 * [4 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cli-support-pleeeaaassseee/#post-15048134)
 * More info that will benefit you from an agency perspective.
 * Unfortunately, scheduled scans will not help us at all… and would be highly risky
   to us.
 * These scans use a lot of compute power on our servers. They are very very heavy.
   
   Scheduled scans would cause many many websites, on the same server, to run scans
   at the same time, which would instantly overload the server and cause severe 
   performance impacts. These scans can run a long time.
 * Its absolutely critical that we can control when, and which website, is running
   the scan.
 * With WP CLI support, we could sequentially queue scans, such that only one website
   at a time, per server, would ever run a scan, and the moment it finishes, we 
   can kick off the next one.
 * Please consider.
 *  Plugin Author [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * (@scheeeli)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cli-support-pleeeaaassseee/#post-15097135)
 * As a hosting agency, I too understand the concern any scan might impact the server’s
   performance. The current scan process requires a browser to queue up linear scan
   batches and track the results until the scan is complete so it is not compatible
   with any CLI or scheduling agent.
 * The new scan engine I am working on will be independently coordinated so it will
   not rely on an active browser to maintain a continuous session, thereby enabling
   a scheduling agent to initiate scans. This will also be much more efficient in
   many ways so you and I will not have to worry so much about the impact of the
   scans on our system resources. Although the impact will still be as real as the
   threat of malware it will not be as risky as you might be thinking.
 * My main goal has always been and always will be to help the end user remove malware
   and protect their site from infections, but I know that my plugin is used by 
   a lot of hosting and cleaning agencies as well. In the end I will do what I can
   for the overall success of my plugin to have the greatest effectiveness for the
   most users.
 * Thanks again for your continued interest. I hope you will find the new scan engine
   beneficial for your usage need when the upgrade is finally available. If you 
   want to keep in touch with my directly then I can let you know how you can become
   a BETA tester when the time comes so that you might have the most potential to
   influence the course of the development of this new feature.

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Eli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scheeeli/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-cli-support-pleeeaaassseee/#post-15097135)
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