PHP CLI – Create WordPress Username

Currently this code only creates a subscriber user in WordPress. Due to security concerns I likely won’t work on this to make it do greater permissions.

php wp-create-user.php MyBasicUser User@example.com

# php wp-create-user.php MyBasicUser User@example.com

Username not in use, creating user.

User Created

Username: MyBasicUser
Password: 5y1kZSkMO0bP

#

# php wp-create-user.php MyBasicUser User@example.com

Username in use.
#

<?php
// Restrict access to this file - start
if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli')
	{
		exit;
	}
// Restrict access to this file - stop


require_once('wp-blog-header.php') ;
if (isset($argv[1]) && ('' != trim($argv[1])))
	{
		$user_name= $argv[1];
	}
else
	{
		echo "\nMissing Username Parameter\n";
		exit;
	}
if (isset($argv[2]) && ('' != trim($argv[2])))
	{
		$email=$argv[2];
	}
else
	{
		echo "\nMissing Email Parameter\n";
		exit;
	}

$password= wp_generate_password( $length=12, $include_standard_special_chars=false );


// Check if user exists - Start
$bUserExists = false;
if ( username_exists($user_name ) )
	{
		echo "\nUsername in use.\n";
		$bUserExists = true;
	}
else
	{
		echo "\nUsername not in use, creating user.\n";
		$bUserExists = false;
	}
// Check if user exists - Stop


// Create User - Start
if ($bUserExists == false)
	{
		$user_id = wp_create_user($user_name, $password, $email) ;
		// check if there was an error
		if (is_wp_error($user_id))
			{
				if (!isset($errhandler))
					{
						$errhandler= new apperrors() or die ("\nUnable to create instance of app errors");
					}
				$errhandler->add($user_id->get_error_message(),"my_wp_class->add_user") or  die("\nUnable to add record to errors - $user_id");		
			}
		else
			{
				echo "\nUser Created\n\nUsername: " . $user_name . "\nPassword: " . $password . "\n\n";
			}
	}
// Create User - Stop
?>