wp db export
Exports the database to a file or to STDOUT.
$ wp db export [<file>] [--dbuser=<value>] [--dbpass=<value>] [--<field>=<value>] [--tables=<tables>] [--exclude_tables=<tables>] [--porcelain]
Runs mysqldump
utility using DB_HOST
, DB_NAME
, DB_USER
and
DB_PASSWORD
database credentials specified in wp-config.php.
OPTIONS
- [<file>]
- The name of the SQL file to export. If '-', then outputs to STDOUT. If omitted, it will be '{dbname}-{Y-m-d}-{random-hash}.sql'.
- [--dbuser=<value>]
- Username to pass to mysqldump. Defaults to DB_USER.
- [--dbpass=<value>]
- Password to pass to mysqldump. Defaults to DB_PASSWORD.
- [--<field>=<value>]
- Extra arguments to pass to mysqldump. Refer to mysqldump docs.
- [--tables=<tables>]
- The comma separated list of specific tables to export. Excluding this parameter will export all tables in the database.
- [--exclude_tables=<tables>]
- The comma separated list of specific tables that should be skipped from exporting. Excluding this parameter will export all tables in the database.
- [--porcelain]
- Output filename for the exported database.
EXAMPLES
# Export database with drop query included
$ wp db export --add-drop-table
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Export certain tables
$ wp db export --tables=wp_options,wp_users
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Export all tables matching a wildcard
$ wp db export --tables=$(wp db tables 'wp_user*' --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Export all tables matching prefix
$ wp db export --tables=$(wp db tables --all-tables-with-prefix --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Export certain posts without create table statements
$ wp db export --no-create-info=true --tables=wp_posts --where="ID in (100,101,102)"
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Export relating meta for certain posts without create table statements
$ wp db export --no-create-info=true --tables=wp_postmeta --where="post_id in (100,101,102)"
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Skip certain tables from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=wp_options,wp_users
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Skip all tables matching a wildcard from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=$(wp db tables 'wp_user*' --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Skip all tables matching prefix from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=$(wp db tables --all-tables-with-prefix --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Export database to STDOUT.
$ wp db export -
-- MySQL dump 10.13 Distrib 5.7.19, for osx10.12 (x86_64)
--
-- Host: localhost Database: wpdev
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server version 5.7.19
...
GLOBAL PARAMETERS
--path=<path> Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url> Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>] Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "vagrant").
--http=<http> Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email> Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>] Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path> Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--[no-]color Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>] Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>] Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet Suppress informational messages.
Checks the current status of the database.
Removes all tables with `$table_prefix` from the database.
Opens a MySQL console using credentials from wp-config.php
Displays information about a given table.
Creates a new database.
Deletes the existing database.
Exports the database to a file or to STDOUT.
Imports a database from a file or from STDIN.
Optimizes the database.
Displays the database table prefix.
Executes a SQL query against the database.
Repairs the database.
Removes all tables from the database.
Finds a string in the database.
Displays the database name and size.
Lists the database tables.