wp core check-update

Checks for WordPress updates via Version Check API.

Lists the most recent versions when there are updates available, or success message when up to date.

OPTIONS

[--minor] : Compare only the first two parts of the version number.

[--major] : Compare only the first part of the version number.

[--force-check] : Bypass the transient cache and force a fresh update check.

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

[--fields=<fields>] : Limit the output to specific object fields. Defaults to version,update_type,package_url.

[--format=<format>] : Render output in a particular format. --- default: table options:

table
csv
count
json
yaml ---

EXAMPLES

$ wp core check-update
+---------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| version | update_type | package_url                                                 |
+---------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4.5.2   | major       | https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-4.5.2.zip |
+---------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+

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.