wp term update

Updates an existing term.

OPTIONS OPTIONS

<taxonomy>
Taxonomy of the term to update.
<term>
ID or slug for the term to update.
[--by=<field>]
Explicitly handle the term value as a slug or id.
---
default: id
options:
– slug
– id
---
[--name=<name>]
A new name for the term.
[--slug=<slug>]
A new slug for the term.
[--description=<description>]
A new description for the term.
[--parent=<term-id>]
A new parent for the term.

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EXAMPLES EXAMPLES

# Change category with id 15 to use the name "Apple"
$ wp term update category 15 --name=Apple
Success: Term updated.

# Change category with slug apple to use the name "Apple"
$ wp term update category apple --by=slug --name=Apple
Success: Term updated.

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GLOBAL PARAMETERS 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”, “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.

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