Title: wp theme search
Published: February 5, 2018
Last modified: May 13, 2026

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

Searches the WordPress.org theme directory.

## In this article

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

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Displays themes in the WordPress.org theme directory matching a given search query.

### 󠀁[Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/theme/search/?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.  <search> The
string to search for. [--page=<page>] Optional page to display. 
—default: 1— [--
per-page=<per-page>] Optional number of results to display. Defaults to 10. [--field
=<field>] Prints the value of a single field for each theme. [--fields=<fields>]
Ask for specific fields from the API. Defaults to name,slug,author,rating. Acceptable
values: **name**: Theme Name **slug**: Theme Slug **version**: Current Version Number**
author**: Theme Author **preview_url**: Theme Preview URL **screenshot_url**: Theme
Screenshot URL **rating**: Theme Rating **num_ratings**: Number of Theme Ratings**
homepage**: Theme Author’s Homepage **description**: Theme Description **url**: 
Theme’s URL on wordpress.org  [--format=<format>] Render output in a particular 
format. —default: table options: – table – csv – json – count – yaml—

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

    ```
    $ wp theme search photo --per-page=6
    Success: Showing 6 of 203 themes.
    +----------------------+----------------------+--------+
    | name                 | slug                 | rating |
    +----------------------+----------------------+--------+
    | Photos               | photos               | 100    |
    | Infinite Photography | infinite-photography | 100    |
    | PhotoBook            | photobook            | 100    |
    | BG Photo Frame       | bg-photo-frame       | 0      |
    | fPhotography         | fphotography         | 0      |
    | Photo Perfect        | photo-perfect        | 98     |
    +----------------------+----------------------+--------+
    ```

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