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).
- [--<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.
- [--recently-active]
- If set, only recently active plugins will be shown and the status filter will be ignored.
These fields will be displayed by default for each plugin:
- name
- status
- update
- version
- update_version
- auto_update
These fields are optionally available:
- update_package
- update_id
- title
- description
- file
- author
- tested_up_to
- wporg_status
- wporg_last_updated
# 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":"","auto_update":"off"},{"name":"tinymce-templates","status":"active","update":"none","version":"4.8.1","update_version":"","auto_update":"off"},{"name":"wp-multibyte-patch","status":"active","update":"none","version":"2.9","update_version":"","auto_update":"off"},{"name":"wp-total-hacks","status":"active","update":"none","version":"4.7.2","update_version":"","auto_update":"off"}]
# 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 | auto_update |
+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+----------------+-------------+
| akismet | active-network | none | 5.3.1 | | on |
| hello | inactive | available | 1.6 | 1.7.2 | off |
+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+----------------+-------------+
+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+----------------+-------------+
| name | status | update | version | update_version | auto_update |
+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+----------------+-------------+
| akismet | active-network | none | 5.3.1 | | on |
| hello | inactive | available | 1.6 | 1.7.2 | off |
+---------+----------------+-----------+---------+----------------+-------------+
# Check whether plugins are still active on WordPress.org
$ wp plugin list --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 | | |
+--------------------+--------------+--------------------+
# List recently active plugins on the site.
$ wp plugin list --recently-active --field=name --format=json
["akismet","bbpress","buddypress"]
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. |
