How databases work
You do not need this screen to run a WordPress site. It exists for two moments: reaching phpMyAdmin, and answering "what is in there and who can get at it".
Databases and users are one view, not two
Each database shows its size and the users attached to it; each user shows where it can connect from and what it has access to.
Access levels are Read only, Read and write and Full access. Read-only is the one to reach for when wiring up a reporting tool.
New names get your site's prefix
Create a database with lowercase letters, numbers and underscores, and your site's prefix is added automatically. That is what keeps names unique across the server without you thinking about it.
A new user's password is shown once
In a dialog that will not close until you confirm you have saved it. We keep no copy to show you later — a password a panel can retrieve is one an attacker can retrieve. If you lose it, reset it.
phpMyAdmin, and where import and export live
One click signs you in with no database password needed. Import and export are in its own tabs — it handles both properly, including large dumps. Step-by-step.
What this can’t do
"Created with your site" assumes your oldest database is the live one. It is protected from deletion and sorted first on that assumption.
What to do: if you have pointed WordPress at a different database yourself,
check DB_NAME in wp-config.php
(edit a file) before deleting anything.
Deleting a database is immediate and permanent. If your site is using it, the site goes down at once.
What to do: take a backup first, always. Restoring one brings back your whole site, not just that database.
Export lives in phpMyAdmin, not on this screen.
What to do: use phpMyAdmin's Export tab, one click away.
No row counts, query statistics or slow-query log.
What to do: install Query Monitor in WordPress temporarily — it names the slow query and the plugin that ran it. See fixing a slow site.
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