Lists the most recent versions when there are updates available, or success message when up to date.
- [--minor]
- Compare only the first two parts of the version number.
- [--major]
- Compare only the first part of the version number.
- [--force-check]
- Bypass the transient cache and force a fresh update check.
- [--field=<field>]
- Prints the value of a single field for each update.
- [--fields=<fields>]
- Limit the output to specific object fields. Defaults to version,update_type,package_url.
- [--format=<format>]
- Render output in a particular format.
—
default: table
options:
– table
– csv
– count
– json
– yaml
—
$ wp core check-update
+---------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| version | update_type | package_url |
+---------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| 4.5.2 | major | https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/wordpress-4.5.2.zip |
+---------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
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. |
