Behind every dynamic website is a database — a storage system for your content, users, comments, settings, and more. For most sites, this is MySQL or MariaDB.

Think of it as your site’s brain. When someone visits a page, your server grabs the data from the database and displays it through the site’s design.

CMS platforms like WordPress use databases to manage posts, themes, plugins, and even login info. That’s why keeping it clean and optimized is so important.

You can manage databases through tools like phpMyAdmin, usually found in your hosting control panel. Just be cautious — deleting the wrong table could crash your site.

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