Title: Creating a database
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Creating a database

 *  [greeraa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greeraa/)
 * (@greeraa)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/)
 * I’m new to php/wordpress/etc. and I was wondering if someone could explain to
   me how to create a database to use for WordPress. Thanks.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-100884)
 * You need to create a MySQL database. Usually, if your host provides a control
   panel (or interface to all aspects of your web hosting), and your package provides
   MySQL databases, you’ll find an option to create a MySQL database.
 *  [NuclearMoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nuclearmoose/)
 * (@nuclearmoose)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-100894)
 * Here is a link to the requirements for running WP:
    [http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 *  Thread Starter [greeraa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greeraa/)
 * (@greeraa)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-101040)
 * Where would I find the Control panel? Under my FTP?
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-101042)
 * Who is your webhost ?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-101044)
 * It tends to be provided through your webhost’s site after logging in.
 *  Thread Starter [greeraa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greeraa/)
 * (@greeraa)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-101137)
 * I’m hosted by another by someone else domain…would I need to ask the person who
   owns it for a database?
    (Thanks to everyone replying so far! …I’m such an idiot
   when it comes to this stuff!)
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-101138)
 * Yes, you probably would – a subdomain of mine has to ask me for a db, so you 
   may well fit the same bill.
    Be sure to get the connection details too, or have
   them handy when you test, just in case it is not ‘localhost’

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 * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-a-database/#post-101138)
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