The following database tables belong to the WordPress core.
- commentmeta
Stores metadata for comments (e.g., extra info about a comment). - comments
Stores user and guest comments on posts. - links
Stores blogroll links (deprecated, rarely used). - options
Stores site-wide settings and configuration options. - postmeta
Stores metadata for posts (e.g., custom fields). - posts
Stores all post types, including pages, attachments, and custom post types. - termmeta
Stores metadata for taxonomy terms (e.g., categories, tags). - terms
Stores individual taxonomy terms (e.g., category names, tag names). - term_relationships
Links posts to terms (e.g., which posts belong to which category). - term_taxonomy
Defines the taxonomy type for each term (e.g., category or tag). - usermeta
Stores metadata for users (e.g., custom user settings). - users
Stores user account details (e.g., username, email, password hash).
The default WordPress database prefix is wp_.
For more WordPress database prefixes visit our plugin database.