Title: Multi DB Plugin Replacement
Last modified: September 30, 2020

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# Multi DB Plugin Replacement

 *  [wlpdrpat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wlpdrpat/)
 * (@wlpdrpat)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multi-db-plugin-replacement/)
 * Hi,
 * I am currently using Multi DB plugin from WPMUDEV which is no longer supported.
 * After updating WP to latest version it required updating MySQL and PHP, which
   resulted in tons of errors from the Multi DB plugin – so I am looking for a replacement.
 * I have a multisite/multinetwork installation and currently use 17 databases (
   1 for Global and 16 for individual blogs labelled 0-9 and a-f. The Multi DB plugin
   uses a MD5 hash to determine what database for each blog. It uses the first character
   of the MD5 hash of the blog ID as the db for that blog. For example:
 * Blog ID: 832
    832 Hash: 7250eb93b3c18cc9daa29cf58af7a004 First Character: 7 The
   blog is in db 7.
 * Does your plugin use a similar logic for distributing multisite blogs or is it
   configurable to do it in this manner? The more obvious question; could I use 
   your plugin to replace my existing one and how complex would the transition be?
 * Thanks,
    Pat

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