Displays plugins in the WordPress.org plugin directory matching a given search query.
- <search>
- The string to search for.
- [--page=<page>]
- Optional page to display.
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default: 1
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- [--per-page=<per-page>]
- Optional number of results to display.
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default: 10
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- [--field=<field>]
- Prints the value of a single field for each plugin.
- [--fields=<fields>]
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Ask for specific fields from the API. Defaults to name,slug,author_profile,rating. Acceptable values:
name: Plugin Name
slug: Plugin Slug
version: Current Version Number
author: Plugin Author
author_profile: Plugin Author Profile
contributors: Plugin Contributors
requires: Plugin Minimum Requirements
tested: Plugin Tested Up To
compatibility: Plugin Compatible With
rating: Plugin Rating in Percent and Total Number
ratings: Plugin Ratings for each star (1-5)
num_ratings: Number of Plugin Ratings
homepage: Plugin Author’s Homepage
description: Plugin’s Description
short_description: Plugin’s Short Description
sections: Plugin Readme Sections: description, installation, FAQ, screenshots, other notes, and changelog
downloaded: Plugin Download Count
last_updated: Plugin’s Last Update
added: Plugin’s Date Added to wordpress.org Repository
tags: Plugin’s Tags
versions: Plugin’s Available Versions with D/L Link
donate_link: Plugin’s Donation Link
banners: Plugin’s Banner Image Link
icons: Plugin’s Icon Image Link
active_installs: Plugin’s Number of Active Installs
contributors: Plugin’s List of Contributors
url: Plugin’s URL on wordpress.org
- [--format=<format>]
- Render output in a particular format.
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default: table
options:
– table
– csv
– count
– json
– yaml
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$ wp plugin search dsgnwrks --per-page=20 --format=json
Success: Showing 3 of 3 plugins.
[{"name":"DsgnWrks Instagram Importer Debug","slug":"dsgnwrks-instagram-importer-debug","rating":0},{"name":"DsgnWrks Instagram Importer","slug":"dsgnwrks-instagram-importer","rating":84},{"name":"DsgnWrks Twitter Importer","slug":"dsgnwrks-twitter-importer","rating":80}]
$ wp plugin search dsgnwrks --fields=name,version,slug,rating,num_ratings
Success: Showing 3 of 3 plugins.
+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-------------+
| name | version | slug | rating | num_ratings |
+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-------------+
| DsgnWrks Instagram Importer Debug | 0.1.6 | dsgnwrks-instagram-importer-debug | 0 | 0 |
| DsgnWrks Instagram Importer | 1.3.7 | dsgnwrks-instagram-importer | 84 | 23 |
| DsgnWrks Twitter Importer | 1.1.1 | dsgnwrks-twitter-importer | 80 | 1 |
+-----------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------+--------+-------------+
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. |