In this book, you will find recipes where we work with the WordPress database to understand how certain features work under the hood. In such recipes, you will need the knowledge to view and query the data in certain database tables. You can use the following steps to work with the database:

1. Access the phpMyAdmin tool using your browser or open your chosen database management software. In this book, we will be using phpMyAdmin, hence you will get a screen similar to the following for the login:

2. Use the username and password of your database user and log in to the phpMyAdmin tool to get a screen similar to the following:

3. Select the database for your...