WordPress

db-sync-tool can automatically detect database credentials from WordPress applications (>= v5.0).

Configuration File

The tool parses the wp-config.php file which contains the database credentials.

See the WordPress documentation for more information.

Command Line

Example for receiver mode:

db_sync_tool \
    --type WordPress \
    --origin-host <ORIGIN_HOST> \
    --origin-user <ORIGIN_USER> \
    --origin-path <ORIGIN_PATH> \
    --target-path <TARGET_PATH>

Example Configuration

# config.yaml
type: WordPress
target:
  path: /var/www/local/wordpress/wp-config.php
origin:
  host: prod.example.com
  user: ssh_user
  path: /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php

Complete Example

type: WordPress
target:
  path: /var/www/local/wordpress/wp-config.php
origin:
  host: 192.87.33.123
  user: ssh_demo_user
  path: /var/www/html/wordpress/wp-config.php
  name: Production
ignore_table:
  - wp_options
  - wp_sessions

wp-config.php Format

The tool parses standard WordPress configuration constants:

define( 'DB_NAME', 'database_name' );
define( 'DB_USER', 'database_user' );
define( 'DB_PASSWORD', 'database_password' );
define( 'DB_HOST', 'localhost' );

Next Steps

• Configuration Reference - All configuration options
• Sync Modes - Different synchronization modes