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DDEV Commands¶

Kanopi's DDEV add-ons ship custom commands for project setup, databases, theme builds, and testing.

This page is a snapshot

Generated 2026-08-14 from the command headers in ddev-kanopi-drupal and ddev-kanopi-wp. Individual sites add and override commands, so ddev help in the project is the live source — trust it over this page. The ddev-workflow skill reads the project rather than this list.

Commands in .ddev/commands/host/ run on your machine; those in .ddev/commands/web/ run inside the web container. ddev <command> dispatches to the right side on its own.

Host commands¶

Command	Aliases	Platform	Description
`ddev cypress-install`	`cypress:install`, `cyi`, `install-cypress`	Both	Install the node packages for cypress on the developers local machine
`ddev cypress-run`	`cy`, `cypress`, `cypress-run`, `cyr`	Both	Run Cypress Commands
`ddev cypress-users`	`cypress:users`, `cyu`	Both	Create Cypress users
`ddev db-rebuild`	`db:rebuild`, `rebuild`, `dbreb`	Both	Runs composer install and database refresh.
`ddev drupal-uli`	`drupal:uli`, `uli`	Drupal	Logs you in to Drupal.
`ddev pantheon-terminus`	`pantheon:terminus`, `terminus`	Both	—
`ddev pantheon-testenv`	`pantheon:testenv`, `testenv`	Both	Initialize stack and testing environment in DDEV.
`ddev playwright-install`	`playwright:install`, `pwi`	Both	Install Playwright and browsers for e2e testing
`ddev playwright-run`	`playwright:run`, `pwr`	Both	Run Playwright e2e tests
`ddev playwright-users`	`playwright:users`, `pwu`	Both	Drupal: Create Playwright test users in Drupal · WordPress: Create Playwright test users in WordPress
`ddev project-auth`	`project:auth`	WordPress	Authorizes you into DDEV.
`ddev project-configure`	`configure`, `project:configure`, `prc`	Both	Drupal: Interactive configuration wizard for Kanopi Drupal DDEV · WordPress: Interactive configuration wizard for Kanopi WordPress DDEV
`ddev project-init`	`project:init`, `init`	Both	Drupal: Initialize local development. · WordPress: Initialize local WordPress development environment.
`ddev project-lefthook`	`project:lefthook`	Both	Initialize Lefthook.
`ddev project-nvm`	`project:nvm`	Drupal	Initializes NVM.
`ddev project-wp`	`project:wp`	WordPress	Install & WordPress if needed.
`ddev wp-open`	`open`, `wp:open`	WordPress	Open the site or admin in your default browser using ddev launch

Web container commands¶

Command	Aliases	Platform	Description
`ddev critical-install`	`critical:install`, `install-critical-tools`, `cri`	Both	Initialize/reinstall tools needed for critical CSS.
`ddev critical-run`	`critical:run`, `critical`, `crr`	Both	Run Critical CSS Commands
`ddev db-prep-migrate`	`db:prep-migrate`, `migrate-prep-db`	Both	Create and configure the migration database inside the DDEV web container
`ddev db-refresh`	`db:refresh`, `refresh`	Both	Drupal: Downloads the database from the hosting provider. Supports both Pantheon and Acquia platforms. · WordPress: Downloads the database from the hosting provider. Supports Pantheon, WPEngine, Kinsta, and Remote SSH platforms.
`ddev drupal-open`	`drupal:open`, `open`	Drupal	Open the site or admin in your default browser
`ddev pantheon-tickle`	`pantheon:tickle`, `tickle`	Both	Continuously wake up a Pantheon environment.
`ddev recipe-apply`	`recipe:apply`, `recipe`, `ra`	Drupal	Apply a Drupal Recipe.
`ddev recipe-unpack`	`recipe:unpack`, `ru`	Drupal	Unpack a recipe package that's already required in your project
`ddev recipe-uuid-rm`	`recipe:uuid-rm`, `uuid-rm`	Drupal	Remove UUIDs and _core metadata from Drupal config files.
`ddev theme-activate`	`activate-theme`, `tha`, `theme:activate`	WordPress	—
`ddev theme-build`	`theme:build`, `production`, `thb`, `theme-production`	Both	Build production assets for the theme
`ddev theme-create-block`	`create-block`, `thcb`, `theme:create-block`	WordPress	Create a new WordPress block
`ddev theme-install`	`theme:install`, `install-theme-tools`, `thi`	Both	Install and set up theme development tools in DDEV
`ddev theme-npm`	`theme:npm`	Both	Runs NPM commands on the theme.
`ddev theme-npx`	`theme:npx`	Both	Runs NPX commands on the theme.
`ddev theme-watch`	`theme:watch`, `development`, `thw`, `theme-development`	Both	Drupal: Start theme development with file watching · WordPress: Run @wordpress/scripts in development mode for the theme
`ddev wp-restore-admin-user`	`restore-admin-user`, `wp:restore-admin-user`	WordPress	—

The ddev-workflow skill covers the lifecycle these commands sit in: what to run on a fresh clone, how to get a database, and how theme assets get built.
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