Is it possible to import/add widgets to a specific sidebar from a file?

[dashaluna]

Hello,

Is it possible to import/add widgets to a specific sidebar from a file?

For example, when there is a need to copy over widgets for a specific sidebar only from one environment to another.

I can get a sidebar widgets info into a file using the following command:
wp widget list sidebar-ID --format=json > file-name.txt

But I can't see if it's possible to add widgets to a sidebar from a file.

Perhaps there is a different way of doing this? Is it at all possible?

I'd really appreciate any tips. Thank you!

[swissspidy]

I don't think wp widget list is intended for exporting widgets like that, so it does not seem possible with this command.

There are ways to migrate all widgets using the wp option command, if that's at all helpful.

It might be possible to use combinations of wp option get, jq (to extract only a specific sidebar) and wp option patch (to make a partial update to the widgets option) to achieve what you're after, but that's just a thought.

[swissspidy]

Related: wp-cli/ideas#11