Title: wp package update
Published: February 5, 2018
Last modified: May 23, 2026

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# 󠀁[wp package update ](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/package/update/)󠁿

Updates all installed WP-CLI packages to their latest version.

## In this article

 * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/package/update/?output_format=md#examples)
 * [Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/package/update/?output_format=md#global-parameters)

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This command runs on the `before_wp_load` hook, just before the WP load process 
begins.

### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/package/update/?output_format=md#examples)󠁿

    ```
    $ wp package update
    Using Composer to update packages...
    ---
    Loading composer repositories with package information
    Updating dependencies
    Resolving dependencies through SAT
    Dependency resolution completed in 0.074 seconds
    Analyzed 1062 packages to resolve dependencies
    Analyzed 22383 rules to resolve dependencies
    Writing lock file
    Generating autoload files
    ---
    Success: Packages updated.
    ```

### 󠀁[Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/package/update/?output_format=md#global-parameters)󠁿

 These [global parameters](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/) 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._