January 31, 2017 — WordPress is built on 12 MySQL tables than can support the weight of almost any web project. But in some cases we need to set our custom tables in order to get better results. I will show in this talk the magic behind the default tables, how to create new ones, and what WordPress tools we may use to control them.

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May 17, 2015 — Understanding how the database schema of WordPress is setup, including a walk-through of the tables and how WordPress stores the data and helps you interact with it via its APIs. We’ll also dive into the benefits and dangers of the schema and how to adapt it to go beyond just blog posts.

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