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Fulfills the long-standing promise from the v2.6.0 release to make --context=auto the default in a future major release. Without this, users running plugin/theme commands without explicitly passing --context=admin encounter subtle failures, particularly with paid plugins.

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  • php/config-spec.php: Change context default from cli to auto
  • features/context.feature: Replace "CLI context is the default" scenario with:
    • Auto context is the default — verifies omitting --context routes eval → cli and plugin/theme → admin
    • CLI context can be selected — retains explicit --context=cli coverage

Behavior delta

Command Before After
wp eval ... cli context cli context (via auto)
wp plugin list cli context admin context (via auto)
wp theme list cli context admin context (via auto)
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<issue_title>Set default context to "auto"</issue_title>
<issue_description>WP-CLI v2.6.0 introduced the --context argument, see https://make.wordpress.org/cli/2022/01/26/wp-cli-v2-6-0-release-notes/

There it was announced --context=auto will become the new default in v2.7.0, but this never happened.

People keep running into issues with paid plugins, either being unaware of the flag (we should improve documentation) or despite the flag (see #5320).

Once we've fixed the remaining quirks, we should finally make good on the promise and change the default behavior going forward.

v3.0.0 is an excellent opportunity for that.</issue_description>

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Set default context to 'auto' in WP-CLI Set default context to "auto" Mar 2, 2026
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@swissspidy swissspidy marked this pull request as ready for review March 4, 2026 08:42
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@swissspidy swissspidy merged commit 0dcc77f into main Mar 5, 2026
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