How to Manage WordPress Databases Using phpMyAdmin in GoDaddy

Introduction

Managing your WordPress database is essential for maintaining website performance, security, and data accuracy. The database stores critical information such as user accounts, posts, settings, and system configurations. GoDaddy provides access to phpMyAdmin through its hosting dashboard, allowing administrators to safely view, edit, insert, and delete database records. Proper database management helps prevent errors, improve site stability, and support troubleshooting tasks.

This guidde explains how to manage WordPress databases using phpMyAdmin in GoDaddy hosting. It covers accessing the hosting control panel, opening phpMyAdmin, running SQL queries, inserting new users, editing existing records, and removing unwanted data. By following this guide, users can efficiently manage backend data and maintain a healthy website database.

Manage WordPress databases using phpMyAdmin through the GoDaddy Account Dashboard, allowing users to view, edit, back up, and maintain website database tables efficiently.

Click “Manage All” to view all your GoDaddy products and services associated with your account.

Switch to the “host.godaddy.com” tab to access your hosting dashboard for managing your website hosting settings.

Click the indicated area to open the hosting options available for your selected hosting account.

Click “Settings” to view and modify the configuration settings of your hosting environment.

Open phpMyAdmin to manage your WordPress database and perform database operations.

Switch to the phpMyAdmin URL to access the database management interface for your WordPress site.

Click “wp_22bac5eba8_users” to open the users table within your WordPress database.

Click “SQL” to open the SQL query interface where you can run custom database queries.

Click “SELECT * FROM `wp_22bac5eba8_users` WHERE 1” to prepare a query that retrieves all user records.

Click “VALUES (‘sam’, ‘$P$Bexamplehashedpassword’, ‘sam’, ‘[email protected]’);” to insert a new user record with placeholder data.

Click “Go” to execute the insert query and add the new user to the database.

Click “wp_22bac5eba8_users” to return to the users table view after the insertion.

Click “Edit” to modify an existing user record in the users table.

Enter your full name in the display name field to update how the user is identified publicly.

Click “Go” to save the changes made to the user record in the database.

Click “Delete” to remove a user record from the users table permanently.

Click “Delete” to remove a user record from the users table permanently.

Click “OK” to confirm the deletion of the selected user record from the database.