handbook/commands/cli/alias/get.md

wp cli alias get

Gets the value for an alias.

This command runs on the before_wp_load hook, just before the WP load process begins.

OPTIONS

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

<key>

Key for the alias.

[--field=<field>]

Get the value of a specific field.

[--raw]

Display alias without interpolating environment variables.

EXAMPLES

# Get alias.
$ wp cli alias get @prod
ssh: dev@somedeve.env:12345/home/dev/

# Get a specific field of an alias.
$ wp cli alias get @prod --field=ssh
dev@somedeve.env:12345/home/dev/

# Get alias without environment variable interpolation.
$ wp cli alias get @prod --raw
ssh: ${env.PROD_USER}@${env.PROD_HOST}:${env.PROD_PATH}

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.