Wordpress Database Description

The following is an outline and description of the database tables created during the standard installation of WordPress Version 2.5.1. Currently, the only database supported by WordPress Version 2.5.1 is MySQL version 4.0 or greater.

Also see:

• description of the database for WordPress 2.0.x
• description of the database for WordPress 2.2.x
• description of the database for WordPress 2.3.x

Because WordPress interfaces with this database by itself, you as an end user, shouldn't have to worry much about its structure. If you're Writing a Plugin, however, you may be interested in learning how to interface with the database directly. WordPress provides the wpdb Class to make this task easy.

Table Overview

This section is the overview of all the tables created during the WordPress standard installation. It is followed by specific information of what is in each table.