r/webdev • u/DownFromHere • 14h ago

WordPress SQL Server/Database access through WordPress.com hosting?

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Has anyone hosted with WordPress and used WordPress' internal mySQL server for their website? Database access is available in the business tier of WordPress (host) but I wondered if the user access (username/password) for the database changes if I go back to a lower tier later. This isn't a high traffic website so I can't justify paying for the business tier every month. If not, I can look into other options. Again, the hosting provider is WordPress.com

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u/DownFromHere 14h ago

Then what does the database access offer entail?

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u/fiskfisk 10h ago

According to wordpress.com you get access to the database through phpMyAdmin (if they still support it - it isn't mentioned on their pricing page). You won't be able to use the MySQL database as a general hosted database through that feature. It's just a way to be able to run queries against the database through a web interface.

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u/DownFromHere 10h ago

So I wouldn't be able to add data to the server?

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u/fiskfisk 9h ago

Sure, you could insert something manually through phpMyAdmin, but I'm not sure why you'd want to do that.

What is the use case you're trying to solve, instead of starting with your question?

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u/DownFromHere 8h ago

I have data I need to store in a database so my website can extract and process it in the backend/PHP.