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wp theme update

Updates one or more themes.

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Alias: upgrade

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

[<theme>…]: One or more themes to update.
[--all]: If set, all themes that have updates will be updated.
[--exclude=<theme-names>]: Comma separated list of theme 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 theme will be updated to the specified version.
[--dry-run]: Preview which themes would be updated.
[--insecure]: Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.

Examples

# Update multiple themes
$ wp theme update twentyfifteen twentysixteen
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentyfifteen.1.5.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentysixteen.1.2.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
| name          | old_version | new_version | status  |
+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
| twentyfifteen | 1.4         | 1.5         | Updated |
| twentysixteen | 1.1         | 1.2         | Updated |
+---------------+-------------+-------------+---------+
Success: Updated 2 of 2 themes.
# Exclude themes updates when bulk updating the themes
$ wp theme update --all --exclude=twentyfifteen
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/astra.1.0.5.1.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
Downloading update from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentyseventeen.1.2.zip...
Unpacking the update...
Installing the latest version...
Removing the old version of the theme...
Theme updated successfully.
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------------+
| name            | status   | version | update_version |
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------------+
| astra           | inactive | 1.0.1   | 1.0.5.1        |
| twentyseventeen | inactive | 1.1     | 1.2            |
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------------+
Success: Updated 2 of 2 themes.
# Update all themes
$ wp theme update --all

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.

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.

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