Get Wordpress Database Credentials

Quickly retrieve Wordpress DB info from a terminal

The following command will return the database credential information from a Wordpress installation's wp-config.php file.

 
cat wp-config.php | grep DB_
#

Example

 
$ cat wp-config.php | grep DB_
define('DB_NAME', 'dbname');
define('DB_USER', 'dbuser');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'dbpassword');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');