Managing Your MySQL Database

 

Many new WordPress users are intimidated by the MySQL database, per-

haps because it seems to be way above their technical skills or abilities.

Truth be told, regular users of WordPress — those who just use it to publish
content — don’t really ever have to dig into the database unless they want
to. You only need to explore the database if you’re dealing with theme or
plugin development, or with contributing code to the WordPress project. In
this section, we give you a basic overview of the WordPress database stored
in MySQL so that you have an understanding of the structure and know
where items are stored.