WPTerm
An xterm-like plugin to run non-interactive shell commands.
5(14 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 4 months agoAs of April 2026, WPTerm is a WordPress bash plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 61K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3.0+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Downloads are down 20% this week. Top alternative: SimTerm.
5/514 reviews
3.0K+active installs
61K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
An xterm-like plugin to run non-interactive shell commands.
WPTerm is an xterm-like plugin. It can be used to run non-interactive shell commands from the WordPress admin dashboard.
Just like a terminal, WPTerm lets you do almost everything you want (e.g., changing file permissions, viewing network connections or current processes etc). That’s great, but if you aren’t familiar with Unix shell commands, you can also damage your blog. Therefore, each time you use WPTerm, please follow this rule of thumb: if you don’t know what you’re doing, don’t do it!
Compatibility
WPTerm is not compatible with Microsoft Windows; it works on Unix-like servers only.
Because it makes use of PHP program execution functions such as exec or shell_exec, it may not be compatible w…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Very good Plugin
by Matteo·3 years ago
The plugin works fine Even if I change folder I can use it! really great
Wonderful
by con·4 years ago
Perfect for testing and debugging cURL.
Thanks a lot!
Just what I needed
by George·5 years ago
I recently returned to a Linux server with sftp-only access. I am use to having ssh access, which allows one to execute shell commands. I found that WPTerm allows me to execute useful shell commands. For example, one can do:
ps -u “user” -o user,pid,start,etime,time,nice,vsz,rss,command | egrep ‘PID|php-fpm’ | sed ‘/grep/d’
to get a list of php-fpm processes (Of course, replace “user” with your user id).
Fantastic tool
by tajensen·5 years ago
I was looking for a way to run WP-CLI commands within WP Admin. This is the perfect tool to do just that!
Uma mão na roda
by mktdigitalap·6 years ago
Muito bom, ajuda muito na hora de fazer rotinas automáticas em hospedagens restritas.
Download Trends
Today: 38Yesterday: 43This week: 264Period total: 23K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
76.7%
v1.1
23.3%
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Changelog
1.2
- Communication between the terminal and the plugin will be base64-encoded to prevent security applications such as ModSecurity to block the AJAX request.
- Fixed a PHP “Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly” notice.
- Ensure compatibility with WordPress 6.8
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