wp profile queries

Profile database queries and their execution time.

This command runs on the before_wp_load hook, just before the WP load process begins. Displays all database queries executed during a WordPress request, along with their execution time and caller information. You can filter queries to only show those executed during a specific hook or by a specific callback.

Installing

Use the wp profile queries command by installing the command’s package:

wp package install wp-cli/profile-command

Once the package is successfully installed, the wp profile queries command will appear in the list of available commands.

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
[–url=<url>]
Execute a request against a specified URL. Defaults to the home URL.
[–hook=<hook>]
Filter queries to only show those executed during a specific hook.
[–callback=<callback>]
Filter queries to only show those executed by a specific callback.
[–time_threshold=<seconds>]
Filter queries to only show those that took longer than or equal to a certain number of seconds.
[–fields=<fields>]
Limit the output to specific fields.
[–format=<format>]
Render output in a particular format. — default: table options: – table – json – yaml – csv —
[–order=<order>]
Ascending or Descending order. — default: ASC options: – ASC – DESC —
[–orderby=<fields>]
Set orderby which field.

Examples

# Show all queries with their execution time
$ wp profile queries --fields=query,time

# Show queries executed during the 'init' hook
$ wp profile queries --hook=init --fields=query,time,caller

# Show queries executed by a specific callback
$ wp profile queries --callback='WP_Query-&gt;get_posts()' --fields=query,time

# Show queries ordered by execution time
$ wp profile queries --fields=query,time --orderby=time --order=DESC

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.