Quiet startup mode

[mhsdef]

It looks like wp-now always opens a browser unless in a Github codespace (openInDefaultBrowser).

Could we get a CLI flag to background wp-now after startup and skip opening the browser?

Eg, something like:

wp-now --quiet

Use case: Scripted spin up of both wp-now as a backend and a separate verbose frontend such as vite dev server.

[eliot-akira]

On a related note: I was looking for a way to silence any console output from wp-now. Currently, as far as I can tell, the only way to achieve it is by setting the environment variable NODE_ENV to test (checked on startup here). There is a function called disableOutput() but it's not exposed as a CLI option.

The new proposed option --quiet sounds like it's about logging level, as opposed to --verbose. Maybe it could be named something like --no-open, to clarify that it prevents automatically opening the browser on start.

[sejas]

@mhsdef , @eliot-akira , now you can run npx @wp-now/wp-now@latest start --skip-browser

Thanks for suggesting this feature! 🙌