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How to Know if Your WordPress Database Tables are MyISAM or InnoDB?

Last Updated: January 23, 2026

Option 1: Login to phpMyAdmin, highlight your database and browse the tables. Check the “Type” column to see what type of tables they are… Option 2: Use phpMyAdmin SQL tab and run the query to find the tables that might still be MyISAM: Why Change WordPress Database from MyISAM to InnoDB? Depending on when you […]

What is the difference between MyISAM and InnoDB?

Last Updated: November 16, 2021

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When you create a table in MySQL, or MariaDB, you can choose a storage engine. The storage engine is the way the table data is stored in files or sometimes memory. There exist several different storage engines, but the most commonly used ones are MyISAM and InnoDB, each of which are the default storage engine in different MySQL […]