Theme
Theme Update
wp theme update
Updates one or more themes.
OPTIONS
[<theme>...] : One or more themes to update.
[--all] : If set, all themes that have updates will be updated.
[--exclude=<theme-names>] : Comma separated list of theme 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 theme will be updated to the specified version.
[--dry-run] : Preview which themes would be updated.
[--insecure] : Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.
EXAMPLES
# Update multiple themes
$ wp theme update twentyfifteen twentysixteen
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentyfifteen.1.5.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentysixteen.1.2.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
| name | old_version | new_version | status |
+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
| twentyfifteen | 1.4 | 1.5 | Updated |
| twentysixteen | 1.1 | 1.2 | Updated |
+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
Success: Updated 2 of 2 themes.
# Exclude themes updates when bulk updating the themes
$ wp theme update --all --exclude=twentyfifteen
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/astra.1.0.5.1.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentyseventeen.1.2.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------------+
| name | status | version | update_version |
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------------+
| astra | inactive | 1.0.1 | 1.0.5.1 |
| twentyseventeen | inactive | 1.1 | 1.2 |
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------------+
Success: Updated 2 of 2 themes.
# Update all themes
$ wp theme update --all
GLOBAL PARAMETERS
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. |