wp block template export

Exports a block template to a file.

In this article

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
<id>
Template ID to export.
[--type=<type>]
Template type.

default: wp_template
options:
– wp_template
– wp_template_part

[--file=<file>]
File path to export to. Parent directories will be created if needed.
[--dir=<directory>]
Directory to export to. Defaults to current directory. Creates directory if needed.
[--stdout]
Output to stdout instead of file.

Examples

# Export template to file
$ wp block template export twentytwentyfour//single

# Export to stdout
$ wp block template export twentytwentyfour//single --stdout

# Export to specific directory
$ wp block template export twentytwentyfour//single --dir=./templates/

# Export to specific file path
$ wp block template export twentytwentyfour//single --file=exports/templates/single.html

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.

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