Title: Database structure WordPress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Database structure WordPress

 *  [nexflo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nexflo/)
 * (@nexflo)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-structure-wordpress/)
 * The Database structure of WordPress should be rethought if WordPress is going
   to move to a more and more CMS’s based system. (today’s Award seems that this
   is indeed the case)
 * In times of PDO, Doctrine etc. creating a sweet Database layout shouldnt be the
   biggest issue no more?
 * Why not update the sql tables names when creating a new page type? i.e. we create
   a new post/page type titled “cars”…why not create a new database table entitled
   cars with all default fields in there. Custom fields would simple add a new Field/
   Column into that table. in this way we would have an extremly clean database 
   design, which other applications can tap into easily as well. This would result
   in a high performance database layout and offer a great new way to design flexible,
   scalable applications.
 * The benefit would be extremely great too all powerusers/cms users etc. and normal“
   blog” users wouldn’t feel a thing as for them nothing changes.
 * WordPress doesn’t get bloated, but just more mature.
    Using convention over configuration
   would allows wordpress to tap into existing databases which have an incremental
   id and use that data instantly. (if the database layout fits a certain style 
   and some additional fields (published, author etc. are added)
 * give me your thoughts on this please.
 * Florian

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-structure-wordpress/#post-1292051)
 * Not that I have an answer, but it would be interesting to hear responses if you
   posted this to the wp-hackers email list (see [Mailing Lists](http://codex.wordpress.org/Mailing_Lists#Hackers)).

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