Title: wp config create
Published: February 5, 2018
Last modified: April 18, 2026

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# 󠀁[wp config create ](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/)󠁿

Generates a wp-config.php file.

## In this article

 * [Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/?output_format=md#options)
 * [Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/?output_format=md#examples)
 * [Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/?output_format=md#global-parameters)

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

### 󠀁[Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/?output_format=md#options)󠁿

 See the [argument syntax](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/references/argument-syntax/)
reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.  --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. [--ssl] Use SSL when checking the database connection.

### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/?output_format=md#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](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/config/create/?output_format=md#global-parameters)󠁿

 These [global parameters](https://make.wordpress.org/cli/handbook/config/) have
the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

  |  **Argument** |  **Description** |  
   |  `--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”, “docker-compose-run”, “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). |  
 |  `--exec=<php-code>` |  Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once). |  
 |  `--context=<context>` |  Load WordPress in a given context. |  
 |  `--[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. |

 _Command documentation is regenerated at every release. To add or update an example,
please submit a pull request against the corresponding part of the codebase._