Title: Rename Database Table Prefix .wp_
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Rename Database Table Prefix .wp_

 *  Resolved [PoQowendi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poqowendi/)
 * (@poqowendi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/)
 * Hi
 * I am wondering if I rename database table prefix .wp_, I am available to add 
   in posts, pages and images in future ?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Tiago Hillebrandt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tiagohillebrandt/)
 * (@tiagohillebrandt)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640369)
 * Hey, if you change your table prefix in wp-config.php, you also will need to 
   rename the tables in your database to use the same prefix. You can do that through
   phpmyadmin.
 *  Thread Starter [PoQowendi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poqowendi/)
 * (@poqowendi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640459)
 * In future, if I want to add in some posts and pages, do I need to change them
   back ?
 * Thanks.
 *  [catacaustic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catacaustic/)
 * (@catacaustic)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640466)
 * If you change the prefix, you’ll either be using different database tables, or
   you will need to change the prefix of each table in the database.
 * If you’re using different database tables then your old data will remain there
   until you delete the tables. If you’re changing the prefix on each table to match
   the setting in your config file, the table swill still be the same so there’s
   no change.
 * What exactly are you trying to do???
 *  Thread Starter [PoQowendi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poqowendi/)
 * (@poqowendi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640481)
 * Actually, I have installed a plugin, better WP Security. It request to rename
   database prefix .wp, so I am wondering if I rename, do I really need to change
   it back when there is an update for my posts and pages.
 * Thanks.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640483)
 * No. Everything magically sorts itself out. Make sure though, you have a backup(
   or 2) of the original database.
 *  Thread Starter [PoQowendi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poqowendi/)
 * (@poqowendi)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640485)
 * Thanks a lot to everybody and thanks for your advise.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rename-database-table-prefix-wp_/#post-4640485)
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