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Md Zahedul Alam
Courses Plus Student 958 PointsBy default, WordPress uses a database.
does wordpress uses any default database as asked in he quiz question ?
Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsPerry, I never knew that, thanks. I always created a db and db user and then popped those creds into the WP setup.
OP, I believe the answer to the question you're stuck on is "mysql".
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Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsIt uses the database you set up. Wordpress will create a bunch of tables when you install.
Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsBy default, WordPress uses a _________ database.
Answer: "mysql"
Perry Eising
12,663 PointsPerry Eising
12,663 PointsActually, Jeff, you do not have to set up the database, you just have to supply access credentials to the db server and WP will do the rest when it is installed :)