{"id":2803,"date":"2021-10-13T07:02:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T07:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2021-10-14T11:02:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T11:02:12","slug":"what-is-a-wordpress-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/what-is-a-wordpress-database\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is A WordPress Database?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The<strong> WordPress Database <\/strong>is an essential part of WordPress where core settings and website data are stored. When talking about stored data, it is not only basic details like usernames and passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It includes all blog posts, pages, comments, website themes, WordPress configuration settings, and more. The Database ensures fully optimized <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/webpage-website\/\"   title=\"webpage\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">webpage<\/a> functioning and superior data management. It can also be life-saving for storing, retrieving, and backing up valuable data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Does the <\/strong><strong>Database work?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several ways<strong> <\/strong>to access and use the Database. First, WordPress uses MySQL&nbsp;as its database management system. MySQL is open-source software responsible for managing WordPress Database components, such as user data, user meta, comments, posts, and more. Second, as the language of instruction to create, read, update, and delete data from the MySQL database, WordPress uses PHP via the SQL query in the PHP markup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Database stores your data in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/form-builder\/\"   title=\"form\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">form<\/a> of tables, each of which comprises unique data displayed in rows. These rows also contain other pieces of information or parameters. WordPress automatically creates core database tables (12 WordPress 4.4) upon setting up a WordPress website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note of advice<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After using WordPress for a while, your Database becomes patchy. There are memory overheads that boost your overall database size and query execution time. MySQL comes with an easy command allowing you to optimize your Database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WordPress Database is an essential part of WordPress where core settings and website data are stored<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1292159,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,31],"tags":[16],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-glossary","category-wordpress","tag-build"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2804,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions\/2804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}