Databases and phpMyAdmin
Add MariaDB databases and users to a WordPress Cloud website, and open phpMyAdmin for the ones that exist.
Each website gets one database when it is provisioned; you can add more. The engine is MariaDB. Applies to all WordPress Cloud packages.
Open a website and select Databases.
Two tabs — Databases and Users — and two buttons, Add user and Add database. Each row shows the database name, its user count and its size, with a phpMyAdmin icon that opens that database directly.
Database and user names are prefixed from the site name, so the WordPress
database for a site is something like webgeede1_gf35.
Add a database
- Select Add database.
- Enter a name. The prefix is fixed and shown to the left of the field.
- Either tick an existing user to grant access, or select Create new user.
- Select Add.
The header shows your database allowance. On packages with unlimited databases it reads as a count against an infinity symbol.
Open phpMyAdmin
Either use the icon on the database row, or phpMyAdmin under Quick links on the site overview. You are signed in automatically — there is no separate phpMyAdmin password to manage.
phpMyAdmin edits the live database with no undo. Take a backup before running anything that writes, and prefer exporting a copy over editing in place.
Remote connections
The address to connect to from outside is shown on the site overview under
At a glance → Database (MySQL) IPv4 address. The site's DNS also carries
a mysql record pointing at it.
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Manage files and FTP accounts
Use the browser file manager, understand the container layout, and create FTP accounts for FileZilla and similar clients.