Title: Adding Tables to the WordPress Database
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Adding Tables to the WordPress Database

 *  [christhomas32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christhomas32/)
 * (@christhomas32)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/)
 * I have been researching how to incorporate a database into WordPress, through
   all my research I am unsure of the best way to go about this..
 * Here is the situation: I am creating a WordPress site that will function much
   like the site ratemyprofessor.com functions. I need to have the ability to create
   pages based on a name and include a form that allows user input to be put into
   the database under that name and extracted to show statistics etc.
 * I believe this is attainable adding tables to the WordPress database, but like
   I said, I have been unable to find any definitive guidance on achieving this.

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 *  [essaysnark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essaysnark/)
 * (@essaysnark)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/#post-3864931)
 * You don’t need to add tables to WordPress for this. Worst case is you might need
   to create a Custom Post Type but I doubt that even that would be necessary. Instead,
   there are likely to be plugins that will help you get what you need.
 * For example, you can use a forms plugin like Gravity Forms or Formidable to design
   the forms you need and output the data. Automattic’s PollDaddy might also get
   you a lot of this. There may also be a plugin that has the functionality you’re
   looking for already built. Here’s one that may or may not do what you need: [http://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-star-rating/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-star-rating/)
 *  Thread Starter [christhomas32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christhomas32/)
 * (@christhomas32)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/#post-3864967)
 * If possible, I would like to know the development route, avoiding plugins. Just
   not sure exactly what the most “WordPress friendly” way of structuring something
   like that would be.
 *  [essaysnark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essaysnark/)
 * (@essaysnark)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/#post-3864969)
 * I’m not sure why you need to avoid plugins (plugins are definitely “WordPress
   friendly”), but in any case, you can create your own Custom Post Types as I already
   mentioned.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types#Custom_Post_Types](http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Types#Custom_Post_Types)
 *  Thread Starter [christhomas32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christhomas32/)
 * (@christhomas32)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/#post-3864970)
 * I am taking a minute to grasp this.. I have hundreds of entries, it would appear
   that I would have to manually create a post for each of these entries than?
 *  [essaysnark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/essaysnark/)
 * (@essaysnark)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/#post-3864971)
 * No. You would define the Custom Post Type once, then you’d load your content 
   into WordPress using that CPT. Defining a CPT is sort of like a creating a template
   for how you want your specific content to appear – but it’s specifically not 
   a “WordPress template” which is a different thing entirely (just to be clear 
   on terminology). CPTs use the existing WordPress DB structure.
 *  Thread Starter [christhomas32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christhomas32/)
 * (@christhomas32)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-tables-to-the-wordpress-database/#post-3864976)
 * Almost there, how do you “load your content” into the CPT? I have a large excel
   file, would I just have to import rows one at a time?

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