Title: Can WordPress run on PostgreSQL?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Can WordPress run on PostgreSQL?

 *  [adeco2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adeco2/)
 * (@adeco2)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-wordpress-run-on-postgresql/)
 * I’m having problems with MySQL, and since my host supports PostgreSQL, I wonder
   if I could use that database system instead?

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 *  [skippy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skippy/)
 * (@skippy)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-wordpress-run-on-postgresql/#post-229559)
 * At this time, WordPress uses a few MySQL-isms that makes converting to PostgreSQL
   rather challenging.
 * If you search these forums, several people have announced that they started trying
   to convert; but we’ve never heard back from them. =(
 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-wordpress-run-on-postgresql/#post-229663)
 * You may be interested in the Codex page that’s used to track alternative database*
   initiatives*:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Alternative_Databases](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Alternative_Databases)
 * There is, or was, a port of WordPress that provides PostgreSQL support, but it’s
   based on WP 1.2.1. You’ll find a link to it from the Codex page above.
 *  [nisvara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nisvara/)
 * (@nisvara)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-wordpress-run-on-postgresql/#post-230289)
 * Damn. My host only offers postgresql. Are there any plans of making WordPress
   compatible with postgresql in the future?
 *  [viper007bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/viper007bond/)
 * (@viper007bond)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-wordpress-run-on-postgresql/#post-230290)
 * Did you read the Codex link? It explains why chances are silm (if I’m reading
   it right) that a conversion will occur. I mean, MySQL is free and I think the
   most widely used, so…

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-wordpress-run-on-postgresql/#post-230290)
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