Scaffold
Scaffold Child-Theme
wp scaffold child-theme
Generates child theme based on an existing theme.
Creates a child theme folder with functions.php and style.css files.
OPTIONS
<slug> : The slug for the new child theme.
--parent_theme=<slug> : What to put in the 'Template:' header in 'style.css'.
[--theme_name=<title>] : What to put in the 'Theme Name:' header in 'style.css'.
[--author=<full-name>] : What to put in the 'Author:' header in 'style.css'.
[--author_uri=<uri>] : What to put in the 'Author URI:' header in 'style.css'.
[--theme_uri=<uri>] : What to put in the 'Theme URI:' header in 'style.css'.
[--activate] : Activate the newly created child theme.
[--enable-network] : Enable the newly created child theme for the entire network.
[--force] : Overwrite files that already exist.
EXAMPLES
# Generate a 'sample-theme' child theme based on TwentySixteen
$ wp scaffold child-theme sample-theme --parent_theme=twentysixteen
Success: Created '/var/www/example.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/sample-theme'.
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. |