diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/wp-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/wp-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..418e23eb0e71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/wp-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{ stdenv, lib, writeText, bash, fetchurl, php }:
+
+let
+  phpIni = writeText "wp-cli-php.ini" ''
+    [Phar]
+    phar.readonly = Off
+  '';
+
+in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.23.1";
+  name = "wp-cli-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/releases/download/v${version}/${name}.phar";
+    sha256 = "1sjai8gjsx6j82lsxq9m827bczp4ajnldk6ibj4krcisn9pjva5f";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ php ];
+
+  buildCommand = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+
+    cat >$out/bin/wp <<EOF
+    #! ${bash}/bin/bash -e
+    exec ${php}/bin/php -c ${phpIni} -f ${src} "\$@"
+    EOF
+
+    chmod +x $out/bin/wp
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A command line interface for WordPress";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.peterhoeg ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    homepage = https://wp-cli.org;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2a384e14764e..59265cbe04a4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -14580,6 +14580,8 @@ in
 
   wrapFirefox = callPackage ../applications/networking/browsers/firefox/wrapper.nix { };
 
+  wp-cli = callPackage ../development/tools/wp-cli { };
+
   retroArchCores =
     let
       cfg = config.retroarch or {};