Title: wp theme install
Published: February 5, 2018
Last modified: April 13, 2026

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

Installs one or more themes.

## In this article

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

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### 󠀁[Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/theme/install/?output_format=md#options)󠁿

 See the [argument syntax](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/references/argument-syntax/)
reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.  <theme|zip
|url>… One or more themes to install. Accepts a theme slug, the path to a local 
zip file, or a URL to a remote zip file. [--version=<version>] If set, get that 
particular version from wordpress.org, instead of the stable version. [--force] 
If set, the command will overwrite any installed version of the theme, without prompting
for confirmation. [--ignore-requirements] If set, the command will install the theme
while ignoring any WordPress or PHP version requirements specified by the theme 
authors. [--activate] If set, the theme will be activated immediately after install.[--
insecure] Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails.
Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.

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

    ```
    # Install the latest version from wordpress.org and activate
    $ wp theme install twentysixteen --activate
    Installing Twenty Sixteen (1.2)
    Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/theme/twentysixteen.1.2.zip...
    Unpacking the package...
    Installing the theme...
    Theme installed successfully.
    Activating 'twentysixteen'...
    Success: Switched to 'Twenty Sixteen' theme.
    Success: Installed 1 of 1 themes.

    # Install from a local zip file
    $ wp theme install ../my-theme.zip

    # Install from a remote zip file
    $ wp theme install http://s3.amazonaws.com/bucketname/my-theme.zip?AWSAccessKeyId=123&Expires=456&Signature=abcdef
    ```

### 󠀁[Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/theme/install/?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._