WordPress wp-cli overview

[server]$ wp

SUBCOMMANDS

  cache               Manage the object cache.
  cap                 Manage user capabilities.
  checksum            Verify WordPress core checksums.
  cli                 Manage WP-CLI itself.
  comment             Manage comments.
  config              Manage the wp-config.php file
  core                Download, install, update and manage a WordPress install.
  cron                Manage WP-Cron events and schedules.
  db                  Perform basic database operations using credentials stored in wp-config.php
  doctor              Diagnose what ails WordPress.
  eval                Execute arbitrary PHP code.
  eval-file           Load and execute a PHP file.
  export              Export WordPress content to a WXR file.
  find                Find WordPress installs on the filesystem.
  help                Get help on WP-CLI, or on a specific command.
  host-check          Check that the WordPress install is still hosted at its internal domain.
  import              Import content from a WXR file.
  language
  media               Manage attachments.
  menu                List, create, assign, and delete menus.
  network
  option              Manage options.
  package             Manage WP-CLI packages.
  plugin              Manage plugins.
  post                Manage posts.
  post-type           Manage post types.
  profile
  rewrite             Manage rewrite rules.
  role                Manage user roles.
  scaffold            Generate code for post types, taxonomies, plugins, child themes, etc.
  search-replace      Search/replace strings in the database.
  server              Launch PHP's built-in web server for this specific WordPress installation.
  shell               Interactive PHP console.
  sidebar             Manage sidebars.
  site                Perform site-wide operations.
  super-admin         Manage super admins on WordPress multisite.
  taxonomy            Manage taxonomies.
  term                Manage terms.
  theme               Manage themes.
  transient           Manage transients.
  user                Manage users.
  widget              Manage sidebar widgets.

[server]$ wp plugin --help

SUBCOMMANDS

 activate          Activate a plugin.
 deactivate        Deactivate a plugin.
 delete            Delete plugin files.
 get               Get a plugin.
 install           Install a plugin.
 is-installed      Check if the plugin is installed.
 list              Get a list of plugins.
 path              Get the path to a plugin or to the plugin directory.
 search            Search the wordpress.org plugin repository.
 status            See the status of one or all plugins.
 toggle            Toggle a plugin's activation state.
 uninstall         Uninstall a plugin.
 update            Update one or more plugins.

[server]$ wp plugin install hello-dolly
Installing Hello Dolly (1.6)
Downloading install package from https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hello-dolly.1.6.zip...
Unpacking the package...
Installing the plugin...
Plugin installed successfully.

[server]$ wp plugin list
+--------------------+----------+--------+---------+
| name               | status   | update | version |
+--------------------+----------+--------+---------+
| akismet            | inactive | none   | 3.1.1   |
| dreamobjects       | inactive | none   | 3.5.2   |
| hello-dolly        | inactive | none   | 1.6     |
| hello              | inactive | none   | 1.6     |
| jetpack            | active   | none   | 3.5.3   |
| varnish-http-purge | active   | none   | 3.7.2   |
+--------------------+----------+--------+---------+