SharePoint 2010 - Add WebPart to a Web with PowerShell

Question

I want to add a webpart to a great number of existing pages. Is there any PowerShell command to add a webpart to a webpart page?

Answer 1

There's no PowerShell Command, but you can use the AddWebPart method of the SPWebPartManager class to add the WebPart to a WebPartPage: http://msdn.microsoft.com/EN-US/library/ms157507(v=VS.90)

You can get a SPWebPartManager object by calling WebPartManager.GetCurrentWebPartManager and providing it your WebPartPage: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.webparts.webpartmanager.getcurrentwebpartmanager(v=VS.90).aspx

Answer 2

Here are some sample powershell scripts for adding webparts to sites:

A nice, simple, clean code for adding a CEWP:

https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com/sites/devwiki/SP2007Dev/Pages/How%20to%20create%20Web%20Part%20instances%20on%20pages%20using%20PowerShell%20and%20SPLimitedWebPartManager.aspx

This one adds a customized web-part:

http://www.sharemuch.com/2010/11/17/using-powershell-to-add-and-configure-sharepoint-2010-webparts/

And this adds a page-viewer webpart - Mr. Hahner made this blogpost especially for me! http://spcrew.com/blogs/lists/posts/post.aspx?id=21

Answer 3

Theres nothing like this OOB, but you have pretty much the same options in PowerShell as in say a console application in C#.
So theres the option of coding your own cmdlet that does this for you.
On NBSP i found this script that should get you going.