My own database(s) with WP?

  • Hello, new here. I want to build a website that will query a database of my own data, then display results. For example if I had a database of websites and you search for a term, it displays all the matching websites.

    I have had simple WP sites in the past and never used a db so I want to make sure I can do this. I’ve tried googling but all the results concern the WP database itself.

    So my question is, is this something I can do fairly easily with WP, and if so, what documentation exists? Would my db be within the WP structure or outside it?

    Finally, any recommendations for affordable hosting for this type of website would be welcome.

    Thank you!

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

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    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    Hi there!

    The first thing that came to mind was the wpdb class. I’m not sure if you’ve already seen this or come across it just yet: https://developer.www.ads-software.com/reference/classes/wpdb/

    Hopefully that leads you in the right path.

    Hi sdlinda,

    Yes, you can easily do this in wordpress and within wordpress database by creating a custom post type, where you can add websites and then do all operations like add/edit/delete/search etc on that custom post type.

    but, for this you should be familiar with wordpress coding, if you are not a programmer, then we can help you with this.

    Thanks
    Vikas

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