# mysql -u root -p
MariaDB [(none)]> wp_database -e "EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM posts"
EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM 2qGr3sjm_posts; +------+-------------+----------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+ | id | select_type | table | type | possible_keys | key | key_len | ref | rows | Extra | +------+-------------+----------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+ | 1 | SIMPLE | posts | ALL | NULL | NULL | NULL | NULL | 2519 | | +------+-------------+----------------+------+---------------+------+---------+------+------+-------+
Or from command line
# mysql -u root -p wp_database -e "EXPLAIN SELECT * FROM posts"