Term
Term Update
wp term update
Updates an existing term.
OPTIONS
<taxonomy> : Taxonomy of the term to update.
<term> : ID or slug for the term to update.
[--by=<field>] : Explicitly handle the term value as a slug or id. --- default: id options:
- slug
- id ---
[--name=<name>] : A new name for the term.
[--slug=<slug>] : A new slug for the term.
[--description=<description>] : A new description for the term.
[--parent=<term-id>] : A new parent for the term.
EXAMPLES
# Change category with id 15 to use the name "Apple"
$ wp term update category 15 --name=Apple
Success: Term updated.
# Change category with slug apple to use the name "Apple"
$ wp term update category apple --by=slug --name=Apple
Success: Term 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. |