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Is there any solution to get a list of default database tables in WordPress?

I have used $wpdb->tables() but even with blog argument, it returns a list that includes other tables too. (I have some plugins and they have created some more tables in database)

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  • Programmatically or just to get that list? It doesn’t change as often, so hardcoding it isn’t that bad solution, I guess... – Krzysiek Dróżdż♦ Apr 16 '19 at 5:48
  • I don't like hardcoding and writing the list manually. Searching for codes to do that. – Hector Apr 16 '19 at 5:50
  • I'm curious, what do you need it for? – Jacob Peattie Apr 16 '19 at 6:11
  • I need to show the size of each table as info for the user. But I don't like to include 3rd-party tables. – Hector May 9 '19 at 7:48
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There is no programmatic way to get a list of default tables. WordPress does not store a list of them anywhere. The closest thing there is is wp_get_db_schema(). This function returns the raw SQL used to create the default tables, but as you can see from the source, it doesn't derive it from another source, it is where the default tables are originally defined. Maybe you could parse the SQL to figure it out, but I'm not sure why you'd need to.

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