wp widget <command>

Manages widgets, including adding and moving them within sidebars.

$ wp widget <command>

SUBCOMMANDS

wp widget add
Adds a widget to a sidebar.
wp widget deactivate
Deactivates one or more widgets from an active sidebar.
wp widget delete
Deletes one or more widgets from a sidebar.
wp widget list
Lists widgets associated with a sidebar.
wp widget move
Moves the position of a widget.
wp widget reset
Resets sidebar.
wp widget update
Updates options for an existing widget.

A widget adds content and features to a widget area (also called a sidebar).

EXAMPLES

# List widgets on a given sidebar
$ wp widget list sidebar-1
+----------+------------+----------+----------------------+
| name     | id         | position | options              |
+----------+------------+----------+----------------------+
| meta     | meta-6     | 1        | {"title":"Meta"}     |
| calendar | calendar-2 | 2        | {"title":"Calendar"} |
+----------+------------+----------+----------------------+

# Add a calendar widget to the second position on the sidebar
$ wp widget add calendar sidebar-1 2
Success: Added widget to sidebar.

# Update option(s) associated with a given widget
$ wp widget update calendar-1 --title="Calendar"
Success: Widget updated.

# Delete one or more widgets entirely
$ wp widget delete calendar-2 archive-1
Success: 2 widgets removed from sidebar.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

--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.