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July 11, 2018

Changing Table Prefix in WordPress

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In WordPress, wp_prefix is the default WordPress database prefix for the table name. Sometimes it’s believed that by changing the default table prefix can make the WordPress database more secure.

To make this happen, you have to change the following code in your WordPress configuration.

$table_prefix= ‘wp_’;

By opening the wp-config.php file which is located in your WordPress root directory, you can make a change the wp_prefix.

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