Title: Alternative Database Management Systems
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Alternative Database Management Systems

 *  [Kilmanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilmanagh/)
 * (@kilmanagh)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-database-management-systems/)
 * I am trying to get WordPress approved in our organization.
    MySQL is stated as
   being required. However, they currently do not have MYSQL approved. It takes 
   months or more to get products approved. Is there any other database system that
   can be used with the current WordPress Release? Such as , PostgreSQL, Microsoft
   SQL Server, or Oracle? Or is there major modifications that need to be made? 
   Getting WordPress in our organization may potentially spawn off dozens of instances
   throughout the organization.

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 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/alternative-database-management-systems/#post-5672076)
 * Currently, the only database supported by WordPress is MySQL version 5.0.15 or
   greater.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description](http://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description)

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## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [MySQL](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mysql/)

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