Title: Understanding wp_posts table.
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Understanding wp_posts table.

 *  [James Andrews](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenetimp/)
 * (@thenetimp)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/understanding-wp_posts-table/)
 * I have been developing WP plugins for a few months on and off. I am interested
   in writing a new plugin, but I would like to do it without adding new database
   tables. I decided to start trying to understand all the database tables. Noticing
   that uploads, posts and the lot are all stored in the “posts” table.
 * I’d rather not start putting stuff in this table without understanding everything
   else that gets put in there, and was hoping there was some documentation on how
   these tables should be used, or if it’s recommended not to use them.

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