Wordpress: Backup active widgets and locations

wp_widget_backup

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Backup your widgets before you give a try to new theme
#
# https://guides.wp-bullet.com/using-wp-cli-backup-restore-wordpress-widgets/
#
# create array of all widgets in the wp_options table
WIDGETSARRAY=($(wp db query "SELECT option_name FROM $(wp db prefix --allow-root)options WHERE option_name LIKE 'widget\_%'" --skip-column-names --allow-root))

# loop through widgets
for WIDGET in ${WIDGETSARRAY[@]}
do
    wp option get ${WIDGET} --format=json --allow-root > /tmp/widgets/${WIDGET}.txt
done

Restore:

https://gist.github.com/eksiscloud/1469b3c36218e33d83c3cb79f45ff9af