The Pollora CLI creates Pollora projects, the Laravel framework for WordPress, in one command: pollora new my-site installs the skeleton, writes the .env, sets up WordPress and, if you want, a DDEV environment. Inside a project, pollora <command> runs the matching php artisan pollora:<command>, in the DDEV container when there is one.

The full documentation, including the installation guide, lives at pollora.dev.

Installation

Install the CLI globally via Composer:

composer global require pollora/cli

Make sure the Composer global vendor/bin directory is in your system's PATH:

composer global config bin-dir --absolute

Add the returned path to your shell profile if it's not already configured:

Bash — ~/.bashrc

export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Zsh — ~/.zshrc

export PATH="$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin:$PATH"

Fish — ~/.config/fish/config.fish

fish_add_path $HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin

Windows (PowerShell)

# Add to your PowerShell profile ($PROFILE)
$env:PATH = "$env:APPDATA\Composer\vendor\bin;$env:PATH"

Note: On some systems, the Composer global directory may be ~/.composer/vendor/bin instead of ~/.config/composer/vendor/bin. Use the composer global config bin-dir --absolute command to check.

After updating your profile, reload your shell (source ~/.zshrc, source ~/.bashrc, etc.) or open a new terminal.

Creating a new project

Standard install

pollora new my-site

The command will:

1. Run composer create-project pollora/pollora (without the skeleton's post-install scripts)
2. Create the .env file and its application key
3. Execute php artisan pollora:env:setup to configure the site URL and database
4. Execute php artisan pollora:install for WordPress setup
5. Optionally initialize a Git repository

By default the CLI asks Composer for the newest skeleton release, pre-releases included (--stability=beta). The framework's current line is stable, so this installs the latest stable release; --stable guarantees you never get a pre-release, and --ver pins an exact version or constraint:

pollora new my-site --stable
pollora new my-site --ver 13.35.0

With DDEV (recommended)

pollora new my-site --ddev

When the --ddev flag is passed (or selected interactively), the CLI will:

1. Configure DDEV (WordPress, PHP 8.4, MariaDB 10.11)
2. Start the DDEV environment
3. Install the project via ddev composer create-project
4. Run pollora:env:setup and pollora:install inside the container

Your site will be available at https://my-site.ddev.site.

Options

Option	Description
--ddev	Set up the project with DDEV
--force, -f	Force install even if the directory already exists
--git	Initialize a Git repository
--branch=NAME	Branch name for the new repository (default: main)
--ver=VERSION	Install a specific version or constraint (e.g. 13.35.0, ^13.35)
--stable	Install the latest stable release only, never a pre-release

Using Pollora commands

When you run pollora inside a directory that contains both artisan and vendor/pollora/framework, the CLI acts as a proxy and delegates commands to php artisan pollora:{command}:

cd my-site

pollora status               # => php artisan pollora:status
pollora make:plugin Foo      # => php artisan pollora:make:plugin Foo
pollora make:theme starter   # => php artisan pollora:make:theme starter
pollora doctor               # => php artisan pollora:doctor

In a project with a .ddev directory, the same commands run in the container (ddev exec php artisan pollora:{command}). new, version, self-update, list, help and completion always stay with the CLI.

Updating

The CLI checks for updates automatically (once every 24 hours) and displays a notification when a new version is available:

  A new version of Pollora CLI is available: v0.3.0 (current: v0.2.0)
  Run pollora self-update to update.

To update manually:

pollora self-update

This runs composer global update pollora/cli under the hood. You can also use the alias pollora self:update.

Other commands

Command	Description
pollora version	Display the CLI version
pollora self-update	Update the CLI to the latest version (alias: self:update)

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+ for the CLI itself (the project it creates needs PHP 8.4+)
• Composer 2.x
• DDEV (optional, for --ddev mode)

Testing

composer test              # Run all checks (Rector, Pint, PHPStan, Pest, type-coverage)
composer test:unit         # Run Pest tests
composer test:types        # Run PHPStan static analysis (level 5)
composer test:lint         # Check code style with Pint
composer test:refacto      # Check refactoring rules with Rector
composer test:type-coverage # Check type coverage (>= 98%)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome: see the contributing guide. Report security issues privately, as described in the security policy.

License

Pollora CLI is open-source software licensed under the MIT license. © RuBee group