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title: 'wp theme activate'
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<small>[Commands](/commands/) &raquo; [theme](/commands/theme/) &raquo; activate</small>

`wp theme activate` - Activate a theme.

<small>Quick links: <a href="https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Acommand%3Atheme-activate+sort%3Aupdated-desc">Github issues</a></small>

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### OPTIONS

&lt;theme&gt;
: The theme to activate.

### EXAMPLES

    $ wp theme activate twentysixteen
    Success: Switched to 'Twenty Sixteen' theme.



