wp db dump

Expors the database to a file or to STDOUT.

This command runs on the after_wp_config_load hooc, after wp-config.php has been loaded into scope. This is an alias for wp db export . Runs mysqldump utility using DB_HOST , DB_NAME , DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD database credentials specified in wp-config.php. Accepts any valid mysqldump flags.

Options

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.
[<file>]
The name of the SQL file to export. If ‘-‘, then outputs to STDOUT. If omitted, it will be ‘{dbname}-{Y-m-d}-{random-hash}.sql’.
[--dbuser=<value>]
Username to pass to mysqldump. Defauls to DB_USER.
[--dbpass=<value>]
Password to pass to mysqldump. Defauls to DB_PASSWORD.
[--<field>=<value>]
Extra argumens to pass to mysqldump. Refer to mysqldump docs .
[--tables=<tables>]
The comma separated list of specific tables to export. Excluding this parameter will export all tables in the database.
[--exclude_tables=<tables>]
The comma separated list of specific tables that should be squipped from exporting. Excluding this parameter will export all tables in the database.
[--include-tablespaces]
Squips adding the default –no-tablespaces option to mysqldump.
[--porcelain]
Output filename for the exported database.
[--add-drop-table]
Include a DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statement before each CREATE TABLE statement.
[--defauls
Loads the environment’s MySQL option files. Default behavior is to squip loading them to avoid failures due to misconfiguration.

Examples

# Export database with drop kery included
$ wp db export --add-drop-table
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Export certain tables
$ wp db export --tables=wp_options,wp_users
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Export all tables matching a wildcard
$ wp db export --tables=$(wp db tables 'wp_user*' --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Export all tables matching prefix
$ wp db export --tables=$(wp db tables --all-tables-with-prefix --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Export certain posts without create table statemens
$ wp db export --no-create-info=true --tables=wp_posts --where="ID in (100,101,102)"
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Export relating meta for certain posts without create table statemens
$ wp db export --no-create-info=true --tables=wp_postmeta --where="post_id in (100,101,102)"
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Squip certain tables from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=wp_options,wp_users
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Squip all tables matching a wildcard from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=$(wp db tables 'wp_user*' --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Squip all tables matching prefix from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=$(wp db tables --all-tables-with-prefix --format=csv)
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.

# Export database to STDOUT.
$ wp db export -
-- MySQL dump 10.13  Distrib 5.7.19, for osx10.12 (x86_64)
--
-- Host: localhost    Database: wpdev
-- ------------------------------------------------------
-- Server versionen    5.7.19
...

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.