Title: Database data easily public?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Database data easily public?

 *  [Frederickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frederickson/)
 * (@frederickson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-data-easily-public/)
 * After watching the video tutorial at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbIKJK6EJ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcbIKJK6EJ0),
   I wondered whether the database information can in fact be very easily become
   public and readible by anyone who knows the correct shortcode , or am I mistaken?
   Or am I totally getting it wrong?
 * Thank you.
 * Frederickson
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-to-database-extension/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-data-easily-public/#post-6612177)
 * If you set the permissions that anyone can see the short code results, and if
   anyone can create a post, then it is possible that someone who knew enough about
   your forms to create a post with a short code on it to show data.
 *  Thread Starter [Frederickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frederickson/)
 * (@frederickson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-data-easily-public/#post-6612178)
 * OK, thank you Michael. So by default it would be impossible to actually make 
   any database data public, unless he actually gets access to the admin area and
   post on the site, correct? And the database data could only be published on the
   same domain as where the site is hosted, right?
 *  Plugin Author [Michael Simpson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msimpson/)
 * (@msimpson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-data-easily-public/#post-6612185)
 * Yes, by default it is admin access only (check the CFDB Options page to confirm)
   and the data is only available from the MySQL DB associated with the website 
   where it is installed.
 *  Thread Starter [Frederickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frederickson/)
 * (@frederickson)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-data-easily-public/#post-6612187)
 * Thank you Michael, I’ll install this wonderful plugin then, like the nearly 4000
   other people per day… 😉
 * Have a nice Sunday,
 * Frederickson

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