wp db size

Displays the database name and size.

Display the database name and size for DB_NAME specified in wp-config.php. The size defaults to a human-readable number.

Available size formats include:

• b (bytes)
• kb (kilobytes)
• mb (megabytes)
• gb (gigabytes)
• tb (terabytes)
• B (ISO Byte setting, with no conversion)
• KB (ISO Kilobyte setting, with 1 KB = 1,000 B)
• KiB (ISO Kibibyte setting, with 1 KiB = 1,024 B)
• MB (ISO Megabyte setting, with 1 MB = 1,000 KB)
• MiB (ISO Mebibyte setting, with 1 MiB = 1,024 KiB)
• GB (ISO Gigabyte setting, with 1 GB = 1,000 MB)
• GiB (ISO Gibibyte setting, with 1 GiB = 1,024 MiB)
• TB (ISO Terabyte setting, with 1 TB = 1,000 GB)
• TiB (ISO Tebibyte setting, with 1 TiB = 1,024 GiB)

OPTIONS

[--size_format=<format>] : Display the database size only, as a bare number. --- options:

• b
• kb
• mb
• gb
• tb
• B
• KB
• KiB
• MB
• MiB
• GB
• GiB
• TB
• TiB ---

[--tables] : Display each table name and size instead of the database size.

[--human-readable] : Display database sizes in human readable formats.

[--format=<format>] : Render output in a particular format. --- options:

• table
• csv
• json
• yaml ---

[--scope=<scope>] : Can be all, global, ms_global, blog, or old tables. Defaults to all.

[--network] : List all the tables in a multisite install.

[--decimals=<decimals>] : Number of digits after decimal point. Defaults to 0.

[--all-tables-with-prefix] : List all tables that match the table prefix even if not registered on $wpdb. Overrides --network.

[--all-tables] : List all tables in the database, regardless of the prefix, and even if not registered on $wpdb. Overrides --all-tables-with-prefix.

[--order=<order>] : Ascending or Descending order. --- default: asc options:

• asc
• desc ---

[--orderby=<orderby>] : Order by fields. --- default: name options:

• name
• size ---

EXAMPLES

$ wp db size
+-------------------+------+
| Name              | Size |
+-------------------+------+
| wordpress_default | 6 MB |
+-------------------+------+

$ wp db size --tables
+-----------------------+-------+
| Name                  | Size  |
+-----------------------+-------+
| wp_users              | 64 KB |
| wp_usermeta           | 48 KB |
| wp_posts              | 80 KB |
| wp_comments           | 96 KB |
| wp_links              | 32 KB |
| wp_options            | 32 KB |
| wp_postmeta           | 48 KB |
| wp_terms              | 48 KB |
| wp_term_taxonomy      | 48 KB |
| wp_term_relationships | 32 KB |
| wp_termmeta           | 48 KB |
| wp_commentmeta        | 48 KB |
+-----------------------+-------+

$ wp db size --size_format=b
5865472

$ wp db size --size_format=kb
5728

$ wp db size --size_format=mb
6

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

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