OPTIONS OPTIONS
- <key>
- The name of the option to update.
- [<value>]
- The new value. If ommited, the value is read from STDIN.
- [--autoload=<autoload>]
- Requires WP 4.2. Should this option be automatically loaded.
---
options:
– ‘yes’
– ‘no’
--- - [--format=<format>]
- The serialization format for the value.
---
default: plaintext
options:
– plaintext
– json
---
EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
# Update an option by reading from a file.
$ wp option update my_option < value.txt
Success: Updated 'my_option' option.
# Update one option on multiple sites using xargs.
$ wp site list --field=url | xargs -n1 -I {} sh -c 'wp --url={} option update my_option my_value'
Success: Updated 'my_option' option.
Success: Updated 'my_option' option.
# Update site blog name.
$ wp option update blogname "Random blog name"
Success: Updated 'blogname' option.
# Update site blog description.
$ wp option update blogdescription "Some random blog description"
Success: Updated 'blogdescription' option.
# Update admin email address.
$ wp option update admin_email someone@example.com
Success: Updated 'admin_email' option.
# Set the default role.
$ wp option update default_role author
Success: Updated 'default_role' option.
# Set the timezone string.
$ wp option update timezone_string "America/New_York"
Success: Updated 'timezone_string' option.
GLOBAL PARAMETERS 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”, “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). |
--[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. |