Title: Using WordPress with content from another SQL database
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# Using WordPress with content from another SQL database

 *  [johngordon71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johngordon71/)
 * (@johngordon71)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-with-content-from-another-sql-database/)
 * Sorry if this is a daft question, but if you use WordPress for a site, with a
   theme for the pages etc. is it possible to incorporate content from another database.
 * I currently run a site which has a back end database of holiday properties and
   they are looking to move it to a WordPress site – is iit possible and fairly 
   straightforward incorporate the existing database content for the holiday properties
   in a WordPress site?
 * Thanks.

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 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-with-content-from-another-sql-database/#post-5685019)
 * No you will need to migrate the content to the new WordPress database.
 *  Thread Starter [johngordon71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johngordon71/)
 * (@johngordon71)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-with-content-from-another-sql-database/#post-5685035)
 * Thanks – so as long as the tables for all the other data are part of the same
   main WP database it should be fine?
 * I guess I’m just thinking about how it all fits together on pages themselves –
   for example, if I create a page in WordPress which has the navigation and bare
   bones layout, can I edit that page in, say, Dreamweaver, and add in data from
   the tables containing the holiday property stuff?
 *  [Radices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/radices/)
 * (@radices)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-with-content-from-another-sql-database/#post-5685049)
 * Not really and sort of 🙂 You can place some raw html in a post or a page so 
   you could do it in DW and then cut and paste it in. WordPress’s WYSIWYG editor
   will strip out some HTML so you have to stay in the text mode to preserve it 
   though (not the ideal work flow).
 * Most use the built in editor to create the pages. As far as pulling in the data
   you will need to code that in using a page template or use a Plugin. The first
   issue is how you are going to get the holiday property stuff into the data base
   and how are you going to store it. ie: In custom tables or through Post Meta 
   Data (Preferred).
 * There are many many real estate Themes and Plugins so I suggest you search for
   them and see what suits you best.
 *  Thread Starter [johngordon71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johngordon71/)
 * (@johngordon71)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-with-content-from-another-sql-database/#post-5685113)
 * Thanks – I had a quick look and some look quite good, but presumably you are 
   limited to the database tables / fields that come as part of the theme.
 * Unfortunately we already have a fairly complex database structure – there are
   the properties themselves, and the owners can log in and update all their details.
   And there are other users who can log in and vote for the properties in various
   categories.

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