wp plugin list

Gets a list of plugins.

Displays a list of the plugins installed on the site with activation status, whether or not there's an update available, etc.

Use --status=dropin to list installed dropins (e.g. object-cache.php).

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. --- default: table options:

• table
• csv
• count
• json
• yaml ---

[--status=<status>] : Filter the output by plugin status. --- options:

• active
• active-network
• dropin
• inactive
• must-use ---

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

AVAILABLE FIELDS

These fields will be displayed by default for each plugin:

• name
• status
• update
• version
• update_version

These fields are optionally available:

• update_package
• update_id
• title
• description
• file
• auto_update
• author
• 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","update_version": ""},{"name":"tinymce-templates","status":"active","update":"none","version":"4.4.3","update_version": ""},{"name":"wp-multibyte-patch","status":"active","update":"none","version":"2.4","update_version": ""},{"name":"wp-total-hacks","status":"active","update":"none","version":"2.0.1","update_version": ""}]

# List plugins on each site in a network.
$ wp site list --field=url | xargs -I % wp plugin list --url=%
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| name    | status         | update | version | update_version |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| akismet | active-network | none   | 3.1.11  |                |
| hello   | inactive       | none   | 1.6     | 1.7.2          |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| name    | status         | update | version | update_version |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| akismet | active-network | none   | 3.1.11  |                |
| hello   | inactive       | none   | 1.6     | 1.7.2          |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+

# Check whether plugins are still active on WordPress.org
$ wp plugin list --format=csv --fields=name,wporg_status,wporg_last_updated
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+
| name               | wporg_status | wporg_last_updated |
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+
| akismet            | active       | 2023-12-11         |
| user-switching     | active       | 2023-11-17         |
| wordpress-importer | active       | 2023-04-28         |
| local              |              |                    |
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.