wp db query

Executes a SQL query against the database.

Executes an arbitrary SQL query using DB_HOST, DB_NAME, DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD database credentials specified in wp-config.php.

Use the --skip-column-names MySQL argument to exclude the headers from a SELECT query. Pipe the output to remove the ASCII table entirely.

OPTIONS

[<sql>] : A SQL query. If not passed, will try to read from STDIN.

[--dbuser=<value>] : Username to pass to mysql. Defaults to DB_USER.

[--dbpass=<value>] : Password to pass to mysql. Defaults to DB_PASSWORD.

[--<field>=<value>] : Extra arguments to pass to mysql. Refer to mysql docs.

[--defaults] : Loads the environment's MySQL option files. Default behavior is to skip loading them to avoid failures due to misconfiguration.

EXAMPLES

# Execute a query stored in a file
$ wp db query < debug.sql

# Query for a specific value in the database (pipe the result to remove the ASCII table borders)
$ wp db query 'SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name="home"' --skip-column-names
+---------------------+
| https://example.com |
+---------------------+

# Check all tables in the database
$ wp db query "CHECK TABLE $(wp db tables | paste -s -d, -);"
+---------------------------------------+-------+----------+----------+
| Table                                 | Op    | Msg_type | Msg_text |
+---------------------------------------+-------+----------+----------+
| wordpress_dbase.wp_users              | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_usermeta           | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_posts              | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_comments           | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_links              | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_options            | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_postmeta           | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_terms              | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_term_taxonomy      | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_term_relationships | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_termmeta           | check | status   | OK       |
| wordpress_dbase.wp_commentmeta        | check | status   | OK       |
+---------------------------------------+-------+----------+----------+

# Pass extra arguments through to MySQL
$ wp db query 'SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name="home"' --skip-column-names
+---+------+------------------------------+-----+
| 2 | home | http://wordpress-develop.dev | yes |
+---+------+------------------------------+-----+

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

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