wp plugin update

Updates one or more plugins.

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. --- 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.

EXAMPLES

$ 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 |
+------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------+

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.