handbook/commands/package/get.md

wp package get

Gets information about an installed WP-CLI package.

This command runs on the before_wp_load hook, just before the WP load process begins.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

<name>

Name of the package to get information for.

[--fields=<fields>]

Limit the output to specific fields. Defaults to all fields.

[--format=<format>]

Render output in a particular format. --- default: table options:

• table
• csv
• json
• yaml ---

[--skip-update-check]

Skip checking for updates. This is faster and avoids authentication issues with GitHub or Composer repositories.

AVAILABLE FIELDS

These fields will be displayed by default for each package:

• name
• authors
• version
• update
• update_version

These fields are optionally available:

• description

EXAMPLES

# Get information about an installed package.
$ wp package get wp-cli/scaffold-package-command
+----------------+---------------------------------+
| Field          | Value                           |
+----------------+---------------------------------+
| name           | wp-cli/scaffold-package-command |
| authors        | Daniel Bachhuber                |
| version        | dev-main                        |
| update         | available                       |
| update_version | 2.x-dev                         |
+----------------+---------------------------------+

# Get the version of a package.
$ wp package get wp-cli/server-command --fields=version --format=json
{"version":"dev-main"}

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", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args>	Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--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.
--alias=<name>	Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https	Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.