- <plugin|zip|url>…
- One or more plugins to install. Accepts a plugin slug, the path to a local zip file, or a URL to a remote zip file.
- [--version=<version>]
- If set, get that particular version from wordpress.org, instead of the stable version.
- [--force]
- If set, the command will overwrite any installed version of the plugin, without prompting for confirmation.
[--ignore-requirements] :If set, the command will install the plugin while ignoring any WordPress or PHP version requirements specified by the plugin authors. - [--activate]
- If set, the plugin will be activated immediately after install.
- [--activate-network]
- If set, the plugin will be network activated immediately after install
- [--insecure]
- Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.
# Install the latest version from wordpress.org and activate $ wp plugin install bbpress --activate Installing bbPress (2.5.9) Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.2.5.9.zip... Using cached file '/home/vagrant/.wp-cli/cache/plugin/bbpress-2.5.9.zip'... Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Plugin installed successfully. Activating 'bbpress'... Plugin 'bbpress' activated. Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins. # Install the development version from wordpress.org $ wp plugin install bbpress --version=dev Installing bbPress (Development Version) Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.zip... Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Plugin installed successfully. Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins. # Install from a local zip file $ wp plugin install ../my-plugin.zip Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Plugin installed successfully. Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins. # Install from a remote zip file $ wp plugin install http://s3.amazonaws.com/bucketname/my-plugin.zip?AWSAccessKeyId=123&Expires=456&Signature=abcdef Downloading install package from http://s3.amazonaws.com/bucketname/my-plugin.zip?AWSAccessKeyId=123&Expires=456&Signature=abcdef Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Plugin installed successfully. Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins. # Update from a remote zip file $ wp plugin install https://github.com/envato/wp-envato-market/archive/master.zip --force Downloading install package from https://github.com/envato/wp-envato-market/archive/master.zip Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Renamed Github-based project from 'wp-envato-market-master' to 'wp-envato-market'. Plugin updated successfully Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins. # Forcefully re-install all installed plugins $ wp plugin install $(wp plugin list --field=name) --force Installing Akismet (3.1.11) Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.3.1.11.zip... Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Removing the old version of the plugin... Plugin updated successfully Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins.
These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress. | Argument | Description |
--path=<path> | Path to the WordPress files. |
--url=<url> | Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified. |
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>] | Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docker”, “docker-compose”, “docker-compose-run”, “vagrant”). |
--http=<http> | Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP. |
--user=<id\|login\|email> | Set the WordPress user. |
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] | Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded. |
--skip-themes[=<themes>] | Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes. |
--skip-packages | Skip loading all installed packages. |
--require=<path> | Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--exec=<php-code> | Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). |
--context=<context> | Load WordPress in a given context. |
--[no-]color | Whether to colorize the output. |
--debug[=<group>] | Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help. |
--prompt[=<assoc>] | Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values. |
--quiet | Suppress informational messages. |
