Widget

Widget Add

wp widget add

Adds a widget to a sidebar.

Creates a new widget entry in the database, and associates it with the sidebar.

OPTIONS

<name> : Widget name.

<sidebar-id> : ID for the corresponding sidebar.

[<position>] : Widget's current position within the sidebar. Defaults to last

[--<field>=<value>] : Widget option to add, with its new value

EXAMPLES

# Add a new calendar widget to sidebar-1 with title "Calendar"
$ wp widget add calendar sidebar-1 2 --title="Calendar"
Success: Added widget to sidebar.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

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

ArgumentDescription
--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-packagesSkip 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-]colorWhether 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.
--quietSuppress informational messages.
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