[ericmann]

Fixes #234.

WordPress 7.2 adds the Secrets API, and core is making WP_SECRETS_KEY required (PR 15258). Core's web installer will generate the key (PR 15124). This does the same for wp config create.

Changes

• wp config create writes WP_SECRETS_KEY.
  • The value is base64_encode( random_bytes( 32 ) ).
  • It goes after the keys-and-salts group's closing /**#@-*/, with its own docblock, the same as core.
  • Like the salts since Refactor wp config create to set config values through WPConfigTransformer #226, the template renders an empty value, and WPConfigTransformer writes the real one.
  • If random_bytes() throws, it prints a warning and leaves the key out.
  • It's written whatever the WordPress version, like WP_CACHE_KEY_SALT.
• New --skip-secrets-key flag. It's separate from --skip-salts, because FeatureContext::create_config() passes --skip-salts to every test install.
• --extra-php can supply the key. If it already defines WP_SECRETS_KEY, no second define is added.
• wp config shuffle-salts WP_SECRETS_KEY errors, with or without --force. Changing the key makes every stored secret unreadable. Plain shuffle-salts was already safe.
• README updated to match the docblocks.

Testing

• New Behat scenarios:
  • the key is generated, and wp config get WP_SECRETS_KEY matches 32 bytes of base64
  • --skip-secrets-key
  • a key from --extra-php is kept, with exactly one define
  • shuffle-salts leaves the key alone, and refuses WP_SECRETS_KEY
• config-create.feature and config-shuffle-salts.feature run locally with WP_CLI_TEST_DBTYPE=sqlite: all four new scenarios pass. The five that fail need a MySQL client, which I don't have locally, and they fail the same way on main.
• composer phpcs: nothing new. The one existing error is in config-get-field.feature.
• composer phpstan passes.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • wp config create now generates a WP_SECRETS_KEY by default for WordPress 7.2 and later. Use --skip-secrets-key to omit it, or provide your own key through --extra-php.
• Bug Fixes
  • wp config shuffle-salts no longer changes WP_SECRETS_KEY, which would make stored secrets unreadable. Explicitly requesting that key to be shuffled now returns an error.
• Documentation
  • Updated command guidance to explain how to provide and preserve the key.

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Findings

Cover the explicit no-force rejection path.
Match case-insensitive PHP definitions before generating a key.

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Review comments at @features/config-shuffle-salts.feature:
- Around line 283-288: Update the scenario around the WP_SECRETS_KEY
shuffle-salts invocation to first test it without --force and assert the same
error message and return code 1, then retain the existing forced invocation and
its assertions.

Review comments at @src/Config_Command.php:
- Around line 348-349: Update the WP_SECRETS_KEY definition check in the
extra-php matching logic to recognize PHP’s case-insensitive function names,
while keeping the constant-name match unchanged.

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Walkthrough

wp config create can generate WP_SECRETS_KEY, preserve a key supplied through --extra-php, or omit generation when requested. wp config shuffle-salts rejects attempts to shuffle WP_SECRETS_KEY.

Changes: WP_SECRETS_KEY configuration

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Generate or preserve the key src/Config_Command.php, templates/wp-config.mustache, features/config-create.feature, README.md	Config creation generates a base64-encoded random 32-byte key unless --skip-secrets-key is set or --extra-php defines the key. The template and scenarios cover the generated key, omission, and preservation of a supplied key.
Prevent key shuffling src/Config_Command.php, features/config-shuffle-salts.feature, README.md	shuffle-salts rejects WP_SECRETS_KEY as a requested salt. The scenario checks that shuffling all salts leaves the key unchanged and that explicitly requesting it exits with an error.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Config_Command
  participant WPConfigTemplate
  participant wp-config
  Config_Command->>WPConfigTemplate: Render with the secrets-key setting
  WPConfigTemplate-->>Config_Command: Return config template output
  Config_Command->>wp-config: Write generated config

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Merge Risk: Low · previous review bdb70

The feature works as described for normal use. A caller who supplies WP_SECRETS_KEY with an uppercase DEFINE through --extra-php could end up with an empty key and a duplicate-define warning. Make the match case-insensitive and add a no-force shuffle-salts test.

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Title check		The title "Generate WP_SECRETS_KEY in wp config create" names the main change. The PR adds generation of a base64-encoded random 32-byte WP_SECRETS_KEY during wp config create, along with the …
Linked Issues check		Issue #234 has coding requirements. Config_Command::create() adds separate --skip-secrets-key handling and generates base64_encode( random_bytes( 32 ) ) without a WordPress-version condition. Th…
Out of Scope Changes check		The changed files remain within issue #234. The source changes implement key generation and shuffle protection. The template and README document the required constant and option. The Behat scenarios t…
Docstring Coverage		Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…

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The title "Generate WP_SECRETS_KEY in wp config create" names the main change. The PR adds generation of a base64-encoded random 32-byte WP_SECRETS_KEY during wp config create, along with the --skip-secrets-key flag and the shuffle-salts protection. The title is specific, short, and does not use vague terms.

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Issue #234 has coding requirements. Config_Command::create() adds separate --skip-secrets-key handling and generates base64_encode( random_bytes( 32 ) ) without a WordPress-version condition. The template places WP_SECRETS_KEY after /**#@-*/ with a separate docblock. Extra PHP definitions prevent a duplicate. Generation failures warn and omit the key. shuffle-salts rejects WP_SECRETS_KEY, while plain shuffling leaves it unchanged. The added Behat scenarios cover generation, skipping, preservation through --extra-php, and shuffle behavior.

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The changed files remain within issue #234. The source changes implement key generation and shuffle protection. The template and README document the required constant and option. The Behat scenarios test the requested behavior. No unrelated change is established.

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❌ Patch coverage is 83.33333% with 2 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.

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Review comments at @features/config-shuffle-salts.feature:
- Around line 283-288: Update the scenario around the WP_SECRETS_KEY
shuffle-salts invocation to first test it without --force and assert the same
error message and return code 1, then retain the existing forced invocation and
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Review comments at @src/Config_Command.php:
- Around line 348-349: Update the WP_SECRETS_KEY definition check in the
extra-php matching logic to recognize PHP’s case-insensitive function names,
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About codecov/patch: the two uncovered lines are the catch for random_bytes() throwing, which only happens on a system with no CSPRNG, so neither Behat nor CI can reach it. It stays because config create would otherwise fail with an uncaught exception there, rather than warning and writing the rest of the file. Everything else is covered.