# Activate all plugins via CLI

### Activate all plugins using one command

Make sure to refresh the plugin and then to use install

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```bash
bin/console plugin:refresh
bin/console plugin:install -a -n ""
```

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## Activate multiple plugin one by one

```
// plugin to activate one by one 
php bin/console plugin:activate TestPlugin OtherTestPlugin
```

### The list of the most useful Shopware 6 commands

So now that we know, how to work with Console, here comes the list of the commands, commonly used during Shopware 6 plugin development:

| Clear the cache          | cache:clear       |
| ------------------------ | ----------------- |
| List all plugins         | plugin:list       |
| Create a plugin skeleton | plugin:create     |
| Install plugin(s)        | plugin:install    |
| Uninstall plugin(s)      | plugin:uninstall  |
| Activate plugin(s)       | plugin:activate   |
| Deactivate plugin(s)     | plugin:deactivate |
| Update plugin(s)         | plugin:update     |
| Create a theme skeleton  | theme:create      |
| Compile the theme        | theme:compile     |
| Create an admin user     | user:create       |
| List available services  | debug:container   |

If you want to see the parameters, that these commands accept, you can safely run them with -h, without really doing anything

```
php bin/console plugin:create -h
```

Now follows some additional information on the fore mentioned commands, that you might find useful.

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