wp plugin toggle

Toggles a plugin’s activation state.

In this article

If the plugin is active, then it will be deactivated. If the plugin is inactive, then it will be activated.

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
<plugin>…
One or more plugins to toggle.
[--network]
If set, the plugin will be toggled for the entire multisite network.

Examples

# Akismet is currently activated
$ wp plugin toggle akismet
Plugin 'akismet' deactivated.
Success: Toggled 1 of 1 plugins.

# Akismet is currently deactivated
$ wp plugin toggle akismet
Plugin 'akismet' activated.
Success: Toggled 1 of 1 plugins.

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”).
--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.

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