# \--allow-root always needed when using wp-cli

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-root-always-needed-when-using-wp-cli/618>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-root-always-needed-when-using-wp-cli/618 "2021-04-19T13:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![nemanjac](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/nemanjac/32/400_2.png) [@nemanjac](https://community.kinsta.com/u/nemanjac)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/allow-root-always-needed-when-using-wp-cli/618/1 "2021-04-19T13:46:16Z")

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To make wp-cli more usable, if not changing default user to kinsta, it can be to add .bash\_aliases script to /root

Since .bashrc already includes this file, it is just a one-liner to avoid using --allow-root every time the wp-cli command is executed.

.bash\_aliases script  
`alias wp="/usr/local/bin/wp --allow-root"`