wp plugin verify-checksums

Verifies plugin files against WordPress.org’s checksums.

In this article

Note: The following options are not part of a stable WP-CLI release yet: --exclude-mu-plugins. To use them now, switch to the nightly build with wp cli update --nightly. If you installed the command as a separate package, updating that package may be enough.
Options added later: --version (2.8.0), --insecure (2.5.0), --exclude (2.9.0).

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
[<plugin>…]
One or more plugins to verify.
[–all]
If set, all plugins will be verified.
[–strict]
If set, even “soft changes” like readme.txt changes will trigger checksum errors.
[–version=<version>]
Verify checksums against a specific plugin version.
[–format=<format>]
Render output in a specific format. — default: table options: – table – json – csv – yaml – count —
[–insecure]
Retry downloads without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.
[–exclude=<name>]
Comma separated list of plugin names that should be excluded from verifying.
[–exclude-mu-plugins]
Exclude must-use plugins from verification.

Examples

# Verify the checksums of all installed plugins
$ wp plugin verify-checksums --all
Success: Verified 8 of 8 plugins.

# Verify the checksums of a single plugin, Akismet in this case
$ wp plugin verify-checksums akismet
Success: Verified 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”).
--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.

Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example, please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase.