{"id":9984,"date":"2020-07-31T11:37:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T11:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/?p=9984"},"modified":"2023-01-27T15:10:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:40:04","slug":"wordpress-database-management-with-phpmyadmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.in\/hosting-faqs\/wordpress-database-management-with-phpmyadmin\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn About WordPress Database Management with phpMyAdmin"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress has PHP as its scripting language and MySQL as its database management system. But to use WordPress, it isn\u2019t needed to learn either of them.<\/p>\n

Simply understanding the basics of the two can help you resolve the problems and help you to understand the working of WordPress.<\/p>\n

In this post, you will learn about how WordPress uses the database along with an intro to default WordPress database tables.<\/p>\n

You will also learn to manage a WordPress database using phpMyAdmin including creating database backups, optimizing the WordPress database, and more.<\/p>\n

What is a Database and How WordPress Uses it?<\/h3>\n

A system that stores and fetches data in an organized way is called a database. It enables software to manage data in the form of programming.<\/p>\n

For example: WordPress uses PHP (programming language) for storing and retrieving data from the database.
\nWordPress database comprises of pages, posts, comments, categories, tags, users, custom fields, and other WordPress settings.<\/p>\n

When you install WordPress for the first time, you are asked for a database name, host, username, and password. The configuration file called wp-config.php<\/strong> stores this information.<\/p>\n

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WordPress uses the information provided about the database during the installation for creating tables and storing default installation data within those tables.<\/p>\n

Once the installation is complete, queries to this database are run by WordPress for dynamically generating HTML pages for your website or blog.<\/p>\n

Therefore, WordPress is an extremely powerful platform as you don\u2019t need to create a new .html file for each page that you want to create. Everything is handled by WordPress in a dynamic way.<\/p>\n

Where is Your WordPress Database Stored?<\/h3>\n

MySQL is WordPress\u2019s database management system, which is a software installed on your WordPress hosting server. You will also find your WordPress database stored on the same server.<\/p>\n

But you aren\u2019t allowed to access this location if you are on a shared server. However, if your website is hosted on a VPS server or a dedicated server, then you can use command line tools for locating the database.<\/p>\n

Most often you will find it at the following path:<\/p>\n

\/var\/lib\/mysql\/your_database_name<\/pre>\n
This may differ from one hosting provider to another.<\/p>\n
Remember that you don\u2019t actually need to access the database file itself. phpMyAdmin can be used to manage your database.<\/p>\n
What is phpMyAdmin?<\/h3>\n
A web-based software that helps you to manage MySQL databases using the web browser is called as phpMyAdmin. You get an intuitive interface that helps to easily run MySQL commands and database operations.<\/p>\n
It also enables you to browse and edit database tables, fields and rows. Moreover, you can import export or even delete all the data within a database.<\/p>\n
Steps to Access phpMyAdmin<\/h3>\n
All top WordPress hosting companies offer phpMyAdmin<\/strong> pre-installed. It can be found under the Databases<\/strong> section of your cPanel dashboard. Below is the screenshot of it from our control panel:<\/p>\n
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Your cPanel interface may vary based on your web hosting provider. But the phpMyAdmin is always found under the databases section.<\/p>\n
When you click on the phpMyAdmin icon it will display its interface where WordPress database can be selected from the left-side column. Then phpMyAdmin will display all the tables in your WordPress database.<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s understand the WordPress database tables.<\/p>\n
Understanding WordPress Database Tables<\/h3>\n
There are 12 default tables in the database that come with each WordPress installation. In each database table, you will find the data for different features, sections, and functionality of WordPress.<\/p>\n
When you check the structure of these tables, you will easily understand the different parts of your website are stored. The default WordPress installation tables are as below:<\/p>\n
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Note:<\/strong> wp_ before each table name represents the database prefix that you select during the installation. If you have changed it at the time of installation, it can different.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n