Manages plugins, including installs, activations, and updates.

See the WordPress Plugin Handbook developer resource for more information on plugins.

Subcommands

Command	Description
wp plugin activate	Activates one or more plugins.
wp plugin auto-updates	Manages plugin auto-updates.
wp plugin deactivate	Deactivates one or more plugins.
wp plugin delete	Deletes plugin files without deactivating or uninstalling.
wp plugin get	Gets details about an installed plugin.
wp plugin install	Installs one or more plugins.
wp plugin is-active	Checks if a given plugin is active.
wp plugin is-installed	Checks if a given plugin is installed.
wp plugin list	Gets a list of plugins.
wp plugin path	Gets the path to a plugin or to the plugin directory.
wp plugin search	Searches the WordPress.org plugin directory.
wp plugin status	Reveals the status of one or all plugins.
wp plugin toggle	Toggles a plugin’s activation state.
wp plugin uninstall	Uninstalls one or more plugins.
wp plugin update	Updates one or more plugins.
wp plugin verify-checksums	Verifies plugin files against WordPress.org’s checksums.

wp plugin activate

Activates one or more plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin activate [<plugin>...] [--all] [--exclude=<name>] [--network]

Options

[<plugin>...]
: One or more plugins to activate.

[--all]
: If set, all plugins will be activated.

[--exclude=<name>]
: Comma separated list of plugin slugs to be excluded from activation.

[--network]
: If set, the plugin will be activated for the entire multisite network.

Examples

# Activate plugin
$ wp plugin activate hello
Plugin 'hello' activated.
Success: Activated 1 of 1 plugins.

# Activate plugin in entire multisite network
$ wp plugin activate hello --network
Plugin 'hello' network activated.
Success: Network activated 1 of 1 plugins.

wp plugin auto-updates

Manages plugin auto-updates.

Subcommands

Command	Description
wp plugin auto-updates disable	Disables the auto-updates for a plugin.
wp plugin auto-updates enable	Enables the auto-updates for a plugin.
wp plugin auto-updates status	Shows the status of auto-updates for a plugin.

Examples

# Enable the auto-updates for a plugin
$ wp plugin auto-updates enable hello
Plugin auto-updates for 'hello' enabled.
Success: Enabled 1 of 1 plugin auto-updates.

# Disable the auto-updates for a plugin
$ wp plugin auto-updates disable hello
Plugin auto-updates for 'hello' disabled.
Success: Disabled 1 of 1 plugin auto-updates.

# Get the status of plugin auto-updates
$ wp plugin auto-updates status hello
Auto-updates for plugin 'hello' are disabled.

wp plugin deactivate

Deactivates one or more plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin deactivate [<plugin>...] [--uninstall] [--all] [--exclude=<name>] [--network]

Options

[<plugin>...]
: One or more plugins to deactivate.

[--uninstall]
: Uninstall the plugin after deactivation.

[--all]
: If set, all plugins will be deactivated.

[--exclude=<name>]
: Comma separated list of plugin slugs that should be excluded from deactivation.

[--network]
: If set, the plugin will be deactivated for the entire multisite network.

Examples

# Deactivate plugin
$ wp plugin deactivate hello
Plugin 'hello' deactivated.
Success: Deactivated 1 of 1 plugins.

# Deactivate all plugins with exclusion
$ wp plugin deactivate --all --exclude=hello,wordpress-seo
Plugin 'contact-form-7' deactivated.
Plugin 'ninja-forms' deactivated.
Success: Deactivated 2 of 2 plugins.

wp plugin delete

Deletes plugin files without deactivating or uninstalling.

Synopsis

wp plugin delete [<plugin>...] [--all] [--exclude=<name>]

Options

[<plugin>...]
: One or more plugins to delete.

[--all]
: If set, all plugins will be deleted.

[--exclude=<name>]
: Comma separated list of plugin slugs to be excluded from deletion.

Examples

# Delete plugin
$ wp plugin delete hello
Deleted 'hello' plugin.
Success: Deleted 1 of 1 plugins.

# Delete inactive plugins
$ wp plugin delete $(wp plugin list --status=inactive --field=name)
Deleted 'tinymce-templates' plugin.
Success: Deleted 1 of 1 plugins.

wp plugin get

Gets details about an installed plugin.

Synopsis

wp plugin get <plugin> [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]

Options

<plugin>
: The plugin to get.

[--field=<field>]
: Instead of returning the whole plugin, returns the value of a single field.

[--fields=<fields>]
: Limit the output to specific fields. Defaults to all fields.

[--format=<format>]
: Render output in a particular format (table, csv, json, yaml).

Available Fields

Default: name, title, author, version, description, status

Optional: requires_wp, requires_php, requires_plugins

Examples

$ wp plugin get bbpress --format=json
{"name":"bbpress","title":"bbPress","author":"The bbPress Contributors","version":"2.6.9","description":"bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress.","status":"active"}

wp plugin install

Installs one or more plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin install <plugin|zip|url>... [--version=<version>] [--force] [--ignore-requirements] [--activate] [--activate-network] [--insecure]

Options

<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.

[--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.

Examples

# 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...
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)
Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins.

# Install from a local zip file
$ wp plugin install ../my-plugin.zip
Success: Installed 1 of 1 plugins.

wp plugin is-active

Checks if a given plugin is active. Returns exit code 0 when active, 1 when not active.

Synopsis

wp plugin is-active <plugin> [--network]

Examples

$ wp plugin is-active hello
$ echo $?
1

wp plugin is-installed

Checks if a given plugin is installed. Returns exit code 0 when installed, 1 when uninstalled.

Synopsis

wp plugin is-installed <plugin>

Examples

$ wp plugin is-installed hello
$ echo $?
1

wp plugin list

Gets a list of plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin list [--<field>=<value>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>] [--status=<status>] [--skip-update-check] [--recently-active]

Options

[--<field>=<value>]
: Filter results based on the value of a field.

[--field=<field>]
: Prints the value of a single field for each plugin.

[--fields=<fields>]
: Limit the output to specific object fields.

[--format=<format>]
: Render output in a particular format (table, csv, count, json, yaml).

[--status=<status>]
: Filter the output by plugin status (active, active-network, dropin, inactive, must-use).

[--skip-update-check]
: If set, the plugin update check will be skipped.

[--recently-active]
: If set, only recently active plugins will be shown.

Available Fields

Default: name, status, update, version, update_version, auto_update

Optional: update_package, update_id, title, description, file, author, tested_up_to, requires, requires_php, wporg_status, wporg_last_updated

Examples

# List active plugins on the site.
$ wp plugin list --status=active --format=json
[{"name":"dynamic-hostname","status":"active","update":"none","version":"0.4.2"}]

# Check whether plugins are still active on WordPress.org
$ wp plugin list --fields=name,wporg_status,wporg_last_updated

wp plugin path

Gets the path to a plugin or to the plugin directory.

Synopsis

wp plugin path [<plugin>] [--dir]

Examples

$ cd $(wp plugin path) && pwd
/var/www/wordpress/wp-content/plugins

wp plugin search

Searches the WordPress.org plugin directory.

Synopsis

wp plugin search <search> [--page=<page>] [--per-page=<per-page>] [--field=<field>] [--fields=<fields>] [--format=<format>]

Examples

$ wp plugin search dsgnwrks --per-page=20 --format=json
Success: Showing 3 of 3 plugins.

$ wp plugin search dsgnwrks --fields=name,version,slug,rating,num_ratings

wp plugin status

Reveals the status of one or all plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin status [<plugin>]

Examples

$ wp plugin status
5 installed plugins:
  I akismet                3.1.11
  I easy-digital-downloads 2.5.16
  A theme-check            20160523.1
  I wen-logo-slider        2.0.3
  M ns-pack                1.0.0
Legend: I = Inactive, A = Active, M = Must Use

wp plugin toggle

Toggles a plugin’s activation state.

Synopsis

wp plugin toggle <plugin>... [--network]

Examples

# Akismet is currently activated
$ wp plugin toggle akismet
Plugin 'akismet' deactivated.
Success: Toggled 1 of 1 plugins.

wp plugin uninstall

Uninstalls one or more plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin uninstall [<plugin>...] [--deactivate] [--skip-delete] [--all] [--exclude=<name>]

Options

[<plugin>...]
: One or more plugins to uninstall.

[--deactivate]
: Deactivate the plugin before uninstalling. Default behavior is to warn and skip if the plugin is active.

[--skip-delete]
: If set, the plugin files will not be deleted. Only the uninstall procedure will be run.

[--all]
: If set, all plugins will be uninstalled.

[--exclude=<name>]
: Comma separated list of plugin slugs to be excluded from uninstall.

Examples

$ wp plugin uninstall hello
Uninstalled and deleted 'hello' plugin.
Success: Uninstalled 1 of 1 plugins.

wp plugin update

Updates one or more plugins.

Synopsis

wp plugin update [<plugin>...] [--all] [--exclude=<name>] [--minor] [--patch] [--format=<format>] [--version=<version>] [--dry-run] [--insecure]

Options

[<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 (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.

Examples

$ wp plugin update bbpress --version=dev
Success: Updated 1 of 2 plugins.

$ wp plugin update --all
Success: Updated 2 of 2 plugins.

wp plugin verify-checksums

Verifies plugin files against WordPress.org’s checksums.

Synopsis

wp plugin verify-checksums [<plugin>...] [--all] [--strict] [--version=<version>] [--format=<format>] [--insecure] [--exclude=<name>]

Options

[<plugin>...]
: One or more plugins to verify.

[--all]
: If set, all plugins will be verified.

[--strict]
: If set, even "soft changes" like readme.txt changes will trigger checksum errors.

[--version=<version>]
: Verify checksums against a specific plugin version.

[--format=<format>]
: Render output in a specific format (table, json, csv, yaml, count).

[--insecure]
: Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails.

[--exclude=<name>]
: Comma separated list of plugin names that should be excluded from verifying.

Examples

# Verify the checksums of all installed plugins
$ wp plugin verify-checksums --all
Success: Verified 8 of 8 plugins.

# Verify the checksums of a single plugin
$ wp plugin verify-checksums akismet
Success: Verified 1 of 1 plugins.