Useful Drush commands

Working in DDEV

When you run Drush inside a DDEV project, prefix every command with ddev, for example ddev drush cr. The commands below use plain drush so they work in any environment.

Cache commands

The Drush cache command I use most.

Clear and rebuild all caches with:

drush cr

Configuration commands

A list of Drush configuration commands that I often use.

Export the current site configuration with:

drush cex

Import configuration from your sync directory with:

drush cim

Show the differences between active and staged configuration with:

drush config:status

Read a single configuration value with:

drush config:get system.site name

Set a single configuration value with:

drush config:set system.site name "My site"

Database and deployment commands

A list of Drush commands I run after a code or config change.

Run pending database updates with:

drush updb

Run the full deploy routine (database updates, config import, and cache rebuild) with:

drush deploy

Module and theme commands

A list of Drush module and theme commands that I often use.

Enable a module with:

drush en module_name

Uninstall a module with:

drush pmu module_name

Enable a theme with:

drush theme:enable theme_name

User commands

A list of Drush user commands that I often use.

Generate a one-time login link for the admin user with:

drush uli

Reset a user's password with:

drush user:password username "new-password"

Block a user with:

drush user:block username

Cron and queue commands

A list of Drush cron and queue commands that I often use.

Run cron manually with:

drush cron

Process a queue with:

drush queue:run queue_name

Site information commands

A list of Drush commands to inspect your site.

Show the status of your Drupal site with:

drush status

List all available Drush commands with:

drush list

Maintenance mode commands

A list of Drush commands to take your site offline for maintenance.

Put the site into maintenance mode with:

drush state:set system.maintenance_mode 1

Take the site back out of maintenance mode with:

drush state:set system.maintenance_mode 0