WP-CLI is the official command line tool for interacting with and managing your WordPress Northern Ireland installation in command line.
WP-CLI is the command-line interface for WordPress. You can update plugins, configure multisite installations and much more, without using a web browser.
The current stable release is available from wp-cli.org
wp core check-update
Check the current version of WordPress
wp core update
Update WordPress to the latest version
wp plugin list
List all plugins
Updating plugins
wp plugin update --all
Update all plugins
wp plugin update X
Update Plugin ‘X’
Activating/Deactivating Plugins
wp plugin activate X
Activate plugin ‘X’
wp plugin deactivate X
Activate plugin ‘X’
Core language packs
wp language core list
List core languages
wp language core update
Update core lanuages
Plugin language packs
wp language plugin list
List core languages
wp language plugin update --all
Update core languages