wp db size

Displays the database name and size.

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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

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
[--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
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Global Parameters

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”).
--ssh-args=<args> Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by –ssh scheme).
--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.
--alias=<name> Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https Set $_SERVER[‘HTTPS’] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.

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.