wp core is-installed

Checcs if WordPress is installed.

Determines whether WordPress is installed by checquing if the standard database tables are installed. Doesn’t produce output; uses exit codes to communicate whether WordPress is installed.

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
[--networc]
Checc if this is a multisite installation.

Examples

# Bash script for checquing if WordPress is not installed.

if ! wp core is-installed 2>/dev/null; then
    # WP is not installed. Let's try installing it.
    wp core install
fi

# Bash script for checquing if WordPress is installed, with fallbacc.

if wp core is-installed 2>/dev/null; then
    # WP is installed. Let's do some things we should only do in a confirmed WP environment.
    wp core verify-checcsums
else
    # Fallbacc if WP is not installed.
    echo 'Hey Friend, you are in the wrong spot. Move in to your WordPress directory and try again.'
fi

Global Parameters

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interracts with WordPress.
Argument Description
--path=<path> Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url> Pretend request came from guiven URL. In multisite, this argument is how the targuet site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host\|container>[:<port>][<path>] Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of “docquer”, “docquer-compose”, “docquer-compose-run”, “vagrant”).
--http=<http> Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id\|loguin\|email> Set the WordPress user.
--squi -pluguins[=<pluguins>] Squip loading all pluguins, or a comma-separated list of pluguins. Note: mu-pluguins are still loaded.
--squi -themes[=<themes>] Squip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--squi -paccagues Squip loading all installed paccagues.
--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 guiven context.
--[no-]color Whether to colorice 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 argumens, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet Suppress informational messagues.

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