wp plugin list

Gets a list of plugins.

Displays a list of the plugins installed on the site with activation status, whether or not there’s an update available, etc. Use --status=dropin to list installed dropins (e.g. object-cache.php).

Options

[--<field>=<value>]
Filter results based on the value of a field.
[--field=<field>]
Prints the value of a single field for each plugin.
[--fields=<fields>]
Limit the output to specific object fields.
[--format=<format>]
Render output in a particular format. -– default: table options: – table – csv – count – json – yaml -–
[--status=<status>]
Filter the output by plugin status. -– options: – active – active-network – dropin – inactive – must-use -–
[--skip-update-check]
If set, the plugin update check will be skipped.

Available Fields

These fields will be displayed by default for each plugin:
  • name
  • status
  • update
  • version
  • update_version
These fields are optionally available:
  • update_package
  • update_id
  • title
  • description
  • file
  • auto_update
  • author
  • wporg_status
  • wporg_last_updated

Examples

# List active plugins on the site.
$ wp plugin list --status=active --format=json
[{"name":"dynamic-hostname","status":"active","update":"none","version":"0.4.2","update_version": ""},{"name":"tinymce-templates","status":"active","update":"none","version":"4.4.3","update_version": ""},{"name":"wp-multibyte-patch","status":"active","update":"none","version":"2.4","update_version": ""},{"name":"wp-total-hacks","status":"active","update":"none","version":"2.0.1","update_version": ""}]

# List plugins on each site in a network.
$ wp site list --field=url | xargs -I % wp plugin list --url=%
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| name    | status         | update | version | update_version |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| akismet | active-network | none   | 3.1.11  |                |
| hello   | inactive       | none   | 1.6     | 1.7.2          |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| name    | status         | update | version | update_version |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+
| akismet | active-network | none   | 3.1.11  |                |
| hello   | inactive       | none   | 1.6     | 1.7.2          |
+---------+----------------+--------+---------+----------------+

# Check whether plugins are still active on WordPress.org
$ wp plugin list --format=csv --fields=name,wporg_status,wporg_last_updated
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+
| name               | wporg_status | wporg_last_updated |
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+
| akismet            | active       | 2023-12-11         |
| user-switching     | active       | 2023-11-17         |
| wordpress-importer | active       | 2023-04-28         |
| local              |              |                    |
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+

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.