Runs mysqldump utility using DB_HOST, DB_NAME, DB_USER and DB_PASSWORD database credentials specified in wp-config.php.
OPTIONS OPTIONS
- [<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. Defaults to DB_USER.
- [--dbpass=<value>]
- Password to pass to mysqldump. Defaults to DB_PASSWORD.
- [--<field>=<value>]
- Extra arguments 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 skipped from exporting. Excluding this parameter will export all tables in the database.
- [--porcelain]
- Output filename for the exported database.
EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
# Export database with drop query 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 statements
$ 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 statements
$ wp db export --no-create-info=true --tables=wp_postmeta --where="post_id in (100,101,102)"
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Skip certain tables from the exported database
$ wp db export --exclude_tables=wp_options,wp_users
Success: Exported to 'wordpress_dbase-db72bb5.sql'.
# Skip 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'.
# Skip 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 version 5.7.19
...
GLOBAL PARAMETERS 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”, “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). |
--[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. |