Why WordPress doesn't its own database?

  • wpreser

    (@wpreser)


    13 years, 11 months ago

    Hi,

    I’m just wondering why WP doesn’t have its own database?
    Having its own database wouldn’t facilitate the backup process and make it easier to manage?
    Is there a reason behind not making WP as a standalone software?

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  • s_ha_dum

    (@apljdi)

    13 years, 11 months ago

    “Have its own database” as in “the WordPress developers should create a database server from scratch”? I don’t think you realize what you are asking. Not many pieces of software provide their own databases in that way. It is an enormous project. Even things you probably consider ‘stand alone’ like FireFox don’t have their own database. FireFox used to, and I think still does, use a database called SQLite. It is just more or less invisible to you, the user.

    Is there a reason behind not making WP as a standalone software?

    WordPress is a web application written in PHP. That makes it dependent upon 1) the web server, and the 2) PHP interpretter, as well as 3) the MySQL database. Again, I don’t think you know what you are asking.

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