Title: Oracle support
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Oracle support

 *  [kinivin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kinivin/)
 * (@kinivin)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/)
 * Hello friends,
 * I have a server which only has Oracle support. Are there versions of WordPress
   that support Oracle? By the way, I haven’t been keen on searching for an answer
   to that question – so don’t chastize me if there’s an obvious answer – I tried
   to search Word Press, got a 500 error. If you guys can lead me in the right direction,
   it would be appreciated.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231105)
 * [http://wordpress.org/about/](http://wordpress.org/about/) (this link is on the
   top of this page)
    click on the Requirements in the right sidebar
 *  [Pizdin Dim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pizdin_dim/)
 * (@pizdin_dim)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231115)
 * The default WordPress database class and all the interface pages can be customised
   to work with Oracle. However, this is something which would have to be done by
   someone experienced in PHP/Oracle and is certainly not something trivial (in 
   terms of time taken).
 * Also, you will have to keep in mind any WordPress upgrades as the above work 
   will (a) have to be done all over again or (b) the code changes in the new version
   will have to be incorporated in your modified version.
 * Although, I’m happy to offer my services, I think it might be cheaper to find
   another provider with MySQL support.
 *  [masquerade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masquerade/)
 * (@masquerade)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231120)
 * pizdin, its actually a lot more involved than that. There’d be a need to hack
   together a method of auto incrementing tables, completely changing the way all
   time is handled all throughout the code, etc. The code is much more heavily reliant
   on mysql than many think.
 *  [Pizdin Dim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pizdin_dim/)
 * (@pizdin_dim)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231123)
 * Thanks masquerade: perhaps I didn’t make it very clear that it was *not* trivial(
   time-wise) but it certainly can be done. I know, because I’ve done similar application
   conversions in the past.
 * 1. Oracle supports auto-incrementing keys with insert triggers.
    2. Oracle supports
   datetime data types.
 * From what I’ve seen of the WordPress code, I see no problem converting to Oracle.
   The only issue is cost, both initial and ongoing whenever upgrades occur. Like
   I said, it might be cheaper to leave it and switch providers.
 *  [ifelse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ifelse/)
 * (@ifelse)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231131)
 * Having worked with and for Oracle for quite a few years, I have to say that you
   it really is overkill for powering a blog app.
 * Pizdin_dim is correct; I would certainly look at choosing the right tool for 
   the job rather than trying to shoehorn WP onto Oracle.
 *  Thread Starter [kinivin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kinivin/)
 * (@kinivin)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231225)
 * Thanks for the feedback guys. Unfortunately, switching providers is not an option–
   as the implementation in mind is to be hosted on an in-house server. All the 
   in-house servers are controlled by an unyielding, unreasonable beuracracy of 
   an american liberal arts college that fancies making poor IT decisions. It has
   to be in-house, they won’t change shit to accomodate you..
 * Thanks again.
 *  [hootbah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hootbah/)
 * (@hootbah)
 * [19 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/oracle-support/#post-231465)
 * There is a new blog called Orablog that is a port of WordPress that works with
   Oracle. There could be a few gotchas with using plug-ins but I’m sure if you 
   send and e-mail or comment over on [http://www.orablog.org/](http://www.orablog.org/)
   they would be happy to help.

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