- [<plugin>…]
- One or more plugins to update.
- [--all]
- If set, all plugins that have updates will be updated.
- [--exclude=<name>]
- Comma separated list of plugin names that should be excluded from updating.
- [--minor]
- Only perform updates for minor releases (e.g. from 1.3 to 1.4 instead of 2.0)
- [--patch]
- Only perform updates for patch releases (e.g. from 1.3 to 1.3.3 instead of 1.4)
- [--format=<format>]
- Render output in a particular format.
—
default: table
options:
– table
– csv
– json
– summary
—
- [--version=<version>]
- If set, the plugin will be updated to the specified version.
- [--dry-run]
- Preview which plugins would be updated.
- [--insecure]
- Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.
$ wp plugin update bbpress --version=dev Installing bbPress (Development Version) Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bbpress.zip... Unpacking the package... Installing the plugin... Removing the old version of the plugin... Plugin updated successfully. Success: Updated 1 of 2 plugins. $ wp plugin update --all Enabling Maintenance mode... Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.3.1.11.zip... Unpacking the update... Installing the latest version... Removing the old version of the plugin... Plugin updated successfully. Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nginx-champuru.3.2.0.zip... Unpacking the update... Installing the latest version... Removing the old version of the plugin... Plugin updated successfully. Disabling Maintenance mode... +------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+ | name | old_version | new_version | status | +------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+ | akismet | 3.1.3 | 3.1.11 | Updated | | nginx-cache-controller | 3.1.1 | 3.2.0 | Updated | +------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+ Success: Updated 2 of 2 plugins. $ wp plugin update --all --exclude=akismet Enabling Maintenance mode... Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/nginx-champuru.3.2.0.zip... Unpacking the update... Installing the latest version... Removing the old version of the plugin... Plugin updated successfully. Disabling Maintenance mode... +------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+ | name | old_version | new_version | status | +------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+ | nginx-cache-controller | 3.1.1 | 3.2.0 | Updated | +------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
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. |
