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)
- [--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
—
$ 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
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These global parameters 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. |