# Install the latest version from wordpress.org and activate
$ wp theme install twentysixteen --activate
Installing Twenty Sixteen (1.2)
Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentysixteen.1.2.zip...
Unpacking the package...
Installing the theme...
Theme installed successfully.
Activating 'twentysixteen'...
Success: Switched to 'Twenty Sixteen' theme.
Success: Installed 1 of 1 themes.
# Install from a local zip file
$ wp theme install ../my-theme.zip
# Install from a remote zip file
$ wp theme install https://s3.amazonaws.com/bucketname/my-theme.zip?AWSAccessKeyId=123&Expires=456&Signature=abcdef
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.
Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.