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by Marko Heijnen 5 (7 reviews)

WP DB Driver

An improved database layer for WordPress

WP DB Driver ranks #20,707 among WordPress.org plugins with 50+ active installations, is #1,652 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Dec 27, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.4 (Current: 7.1.4)
v2.1.0 Current Version v2.1.0
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 27 Dec, 2015
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#1,652 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools Top 50% by installs No update in over a year
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Active Installs
50+
-12.3%
KW Avg Position
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0.5 worse
Downloads
10.3K
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Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
100%
Review 5 out of 5
5 (7 reviews)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about WP DB Driver

PDO > MySQLi > MySQL
In your wp-config.php, add a new constant: define( 'WPDB_DRIVER', 'wpdb_driver_pdo_mysql' ); You can specify wpdb_driver_pdo_mysql, wpdb_driver_mysqli, or wpdb_driver_mysql. Any other driver will cause an error.
They should all function equally well for WordPress. The MySQL extension is being retired. In PHP 5.5, using this extension issues E_DEPRECATED errors. In PHP 5.6, it will no longer be available. The two alternative drivers are PDO and MySQLi. If WordPress switches to MySQLi or PDO, some cool new features become available to developers. http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/pdo-vs-mysqli-which-should-you-use/
You can set defined in your wp-config.php to make it work. This only works for MySQLi and PDO. These defines are: DB_SSL_KEY, DB_SSL_CERT, DB_SSL_CA, DB_SSL_CA_PATH and DB_SSL_CIPHER. In case of a different port number then you can pass this to your database host like: 127.0.0.1: For more information see: - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/ssl-connections.html

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