Note: This command is not part of a stable WP-CLI release yet. To use it now, switch to the nightly build with wp cli update --nightly. If you installed the command as a separate package, updating that package may be enough.
Displays a summary of block types used in the post and how many times each block type appears.
See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
- <id>
- The ID of the post to analyze.
- [–nested]
- Include nested/inner blocks in the list.
- [–format=<format>]
- Render output in a particular format.
—
default: table
options:
– table
– csv
– json
– yaml
– count
—
# List blocks with counts.
$ wp post block list 123
+------------------+-------+
| blockName | count |
+------------------+-------+
| core/paragraph | 5 |
| core/heading | 2 |
| core/image | 1 |
+------------------+-------+
# List blocks as JSON.
$ wp post block list 123 --format=json
[{"blockName":"core/paragraph","count":5}]
# Include nested blocks (e.g., blocks inside columns or groups).
$ wp post block list 123 --nested
# Get the number of unique block types.
$ wp post block list 123 --format=count
3
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”). |
--ssh-args=<args> |
Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by –ssh scheme). |
--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. |
--alias=<name> |
Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file. |
--assume-https |
Set $_SERVER[‘HTTPS’] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer. |
