wp theme get

Overview

Extract metadata for a specific theme. Access version, author, description, template parent, and filesystem path directly.

What It Does

wp theme get reads the style.css header of the specified theme and returns its properties.

Syntax

wp theme get <slug> [OPTIONS]

Arguments & Options

Flag	Description
--field=FIELD	Return only a specific field (e.g., version, author)
--format=FORMAT	table, json, yaml, csv

Basic Usage

Get all details

wp theme get twentytwentyfour

Get только version

wp theme get twentytwentyfour --field=version

Check if theme is a child theme

wp theme get my-child-theme --field=parent_theme

Real-World Scenarios

Scenario 1: Automated Version Logging

VERSION=$(wp theme get $(wp theme list --status=active --field=name) --field=version)
echo "Active theme version: $VERSION"

Scenario 2: Audit Theme Authors

wp theme get astra --field=author

Quick Reference

wp theme get <slug>                    # All details
wp theme get <slug> --field=path       # Filesystem path
wp theme get <slug> --format=json      # JSON output

Next Steps

• wp theme status — higher-level status summary.
• wp theme path — just get the folder path.