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What is the filename (including path) of a WordPress database?

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Mar 15, 202623934 views
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Problem

I have local Wordpress database that got corrupt as a result of an abrupt power outage (I wasn't even editing it!). Since the system I am dealing with is pretty static (and old), I just want to restore that database file (or collection of files) from a nightly backup. But I don't know which files I…

Error Output

~/public_html/wordpress/wp-content> ls -l
total 24
-rw-r--r--  1 ww4s ww4s   32 Nov 18  2005 index.php
drwxr-xr-x  3 ww4s ww4s 4096 Jun  2  2006 plug…

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WordPress is almost certainly using a MySQL database for storing its content, and those are usually stored elsewhere on the system, often . Open up your file and start looking at your MySQL settings. These should help you figure out your environment…

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