handbook/commands/user/meta/list.md
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wp user meta list

Lists all metadata associated with a user.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

<user>
The user login, user email, or user ID of the user to get metadata for.
[--keys=<keys>]
Limit output to metadata of specific keys.
[--fields=<fields>]
Limit the output to specific row fields. Defaults to id,meta_key,meta_value.
[--format=<format>]
Render output in a particular format. --- default: table options:
  • table
  • csv
  • json
  • count
  • yaml ---
[--orderby=<fields>]
Set orderby which field. --- default: id options:
  • id
  • meta_key
  • meta_value ---
[--order=<order>]
Set ascending or descending order. --- default: asc options:
  • asc
  • desc ---
[--unserialize]
Unserialize meta_value output.

EXAMPLES

# List user meta
$ wp user meta list 123 --keys=nickname,description,wp_capabilities
+---------+-----------------+--------------------------------+
| user_id | meta_key        | meta_value                     |
+---------+-----------------+--------------------------------+
| 123     | nickname        | supervisor                     |
| 123     | description     | Mary is a WordPress developer. |
| 123     | wp_capabilities | {"administrator":true}         |
+---------+-----------------+--------------------------------+

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").
--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.