handbook/commands/core/check-update-db.md

wp core check-update-db

Checks for the need for WordPress database updates.

Compares the current database version with the version required by WordPress core to determine if database updates are needed.

OPTIONS

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

[--network]

Check databases for all sites on a network.

EXAMPLES

# Check if database update is needed
$ wp core check-update-db
Success: WordPress database is up to date.

# Check database update status for all sites on a network
$ wp core check-update-db --network
Success: WordPress databases are up to date on 5/5 sites.

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.