# Suggested Documentation Change re: WP-CLI

**URL:** <https://community.kinsta.com/t/suggested-documentation-change-re-wp-cli/197>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 21, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/suggested-documentation-change-re-wp-cli/197 "2021-01-21T13:56:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![onebigidea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df705f/32.png) [@onebigidea](https://community.kinsta.com/u/onebigidea)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/suggested-documentation-change-re-wp-cli/197/1 "2021-01-21T13:56:52Z")

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**Q: Date/Time this occurred (Provide your time zone also)**  
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**Q: DevKinsta Version**  
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**Q: OS Version**  
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**Q: Docker Desktop Version**  
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**Q: Were any error codes or messages observed? If so, what were they?**  
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**Q: Detailed Description of the Problem**  
\*\*A: Use of WP-CLI (as outlined) requires use of -allow-root as parameter. This means I(we) type most commands twice (once w/o and once w/)

If you enter this instead - docker exec -u www-data -it devkinsta\_fpm bash  
No additional parameters are required and much safer since the user isn’t root.  
Plus Mac and Linux users can modify their .bashrc file to add  
alias sshkinsta=“docker exec -u www-data -it devkinsta\_fpm bash”  
then - just typing sshkinsta does all the magic

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/suggested-documentation-change-re-wp-cli/197/2 "2021-01-21T16:17:23Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion! We’ll take a look at this and expand on it a bit.

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/suggested-documentation-change-re-wp-cli/197/3 "2021-06-24T16:02:17Z")

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Thanks again for spotting this! We’ve updated our documentation here: [WP-CLI - DevKinsta - Kinsta](https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/devkinsta/wp-cli/)

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**Author:** ![michael](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.kinsta.com/michael/32/31_2.png) [@michael](https://community.kinsta.com/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.kinsta.com/t/suggested-documentation-change-re-wp-cli/197/4 "2021-06-24T16:02:22Z")

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