Title: wp db connect
Published: December 18, 2025
Last modified: May 27, 2026

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

Opens a MySQL console using credentials from wp-config.php

## In this article

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

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This command runs on the `after_wp_config_load` hook, after wp-config.php has been
loaded into scope. This is an alias for `wp db cli`.

### 󠀁[Options](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/db/connect/?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.  [--database
=<database>] Use a specific database. Defaults to DB_NAME. [--default-character-
set=<character-set>] Use a specific character set. Defaults to DB_CHARSET when defined.[--
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](https://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/mysql-command-options.html).[--
defaults] Loads the environment’s MySQL option files. Default behavior is to skip
loading them to avoid failures due to misconfiguration.

### 󠀁[Examples](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/db/connect/?output_format=md#examples)󠁿

    ```
    # Open MySQL console
    $ wp db cli
    mysql&gt;
    ```

### 󠀁[Global Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/cli/commands/db/connect/?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._