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WordPress Database: What’s behind those 12 tables? Mauricio Gelves |
@maugelves
Do you know this Masterpiece?
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A love story
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Set of columns Data types Indexes The table anatomy
Table rows
I’m Rebel!
Normalization
Process to avoid: • Data redundancy • Unnecessary updates •
Data integrity problems
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WordPress code of conduct: No political jokes are allowed
UPDATE tbl_students SET president = '<new president name>' WHERE president
= 'Prokopis Pavlopoulos' On every change:
Normalized tables: FK’s (Foreign Keys)
¿Is WordPress Rebel?
• wp-posts • wp-term-taxonomy
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33,3333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333333
333333333333333333333333333333333333333 333333333333333333333333333333333333…%
¿Why WordPress powers 26% of all websites?
ES FLEXIBLE
KEY => VALUE
wp_posts WordPress’ Heart.
wp_posts
¿Where’s the rest of the information?
Meta Tables wp_posts => wp_postmeta wp_users => wp_usermeta wp_comments =>
wp_commentmeta wp_terms => wp_termmeta
KEY VALUE => wp_posts
KEY VALUE => Usuarios
SHE ’S ORGANIZED
KEY VALUE => wp_options
SHE’S ADAPTABLE
Taxonomies
Taxonomías Simple terms Which taxonomy has?
Es muy fácil comunicarse con ella: Diapositiva: una mujer con
un teléfono It’s easy to talk to her
SQL Structured Query Language
Estructura de consulta: Which column/s? Which table/s? Should we filter
the search?
¿Do we have to know SQL to work with WordPress?
WordPress Functions:
What if we need Meta values?
WordPress Functions:
and for more complex searches?
WP_Query
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CUSTOM TABLES How and why?
Why Custom Tables?: • Efficiency (Inner joins) • Efficiency (calculated
fields) • Space (uncompleted fields) • Data security
How to create a Custom Tables?: • Create it on
plugin/theme activation
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How to create a Custom Tables?: • Create it on
plugin/theme activation • UI implementation with WP_List class
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http://wpengineer.com/2426/wp_list_table-a-step-by-step-guide/
Because of this and more I’m in love with the
WordPress database.
Thank you! @maugelves