wp config create

Generates a wp-config.php file.

Creates a new wp-config.php with database constants, and verifies that the database constants are correct.

OPTIONS

--dbname=<dbname> : Set the database name.

--dbuser=<dbuser> : Set the database user.

[--dbpass=<dbpass>] : Set the database user password.

[--dbhost=<dbhost>] : Set the database host. --- default: localhost ---

[--dbprefix=<dbprefix>] : Set the database table prefix. --- default: wp_ ---

[--dbcharset=<dbcharset>] : Set the database charset. --- default: utf8 ---

[--dbcollate=<dbcollate>] : Set the database collation. --- default: ---

[--locale=<locale>] : Set the WPLANG constant. Defaults to $wp_local_package variable.

[--extra-php] : If set, the command copies additional PHP code into wp-config.php from STDIN.

[--skip-salts] : If set, keys and salts won't be generated, but should instead be passed via --extra-php.

[--skip-check] : If set, the database connection is not checked.

[--force] : Overwrites existing files, if present.

[--config-file=<path>] : Specify the file path to the config file to be created. Defaults to the root of the WordPress installation and the filename "wp-config.php".

[--insecure] : Retry API download without certificate validation if TLS handshake fails. Note: This makes the request vulnerable to a MITM attack.

EXAMPLES

# Standard wp-config.php file
$ wp config create --dbname=testing --dbuser=wp --dbpass=securepswd --locale=ro_RO
Success: Generated 'wp-config.php' file.

# Enable WP_DEBUG and WP_DEBUG_LOG
$ wp config create --dbname=testing --dbuser=wp --dbpass=securepswd --extra-php <<PHP
define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );
define( 'WP_DEBUG_LOG', true );
PHP
Success: Generated 'wp-config.php' file.

# Avoid disclosing password to bash history by reading from password.txt
# Using --prompt=dbpass will prompt for the 'dbpass' argument
$ wp config create --dbname=testing --dbuser=wp --prompt=dbpass < password.txt
Success: Generated 'wp-config.php' file.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.