Title: Database issue after using WP Staging
Last modified: April 25, 2020

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# Database issue after using WP Staging

 *  Resolved [glen4cindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glen4cindy/)
 * (@glen4cindy)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issue-after-using-wp-staging/)
 * I followed the YouTube video to create a staging website and then decided that
   I wanted to delete this and begin again.
 * I didn’t actually follow through with it because I’m afraid there is an issue
   with the database now.
 * Before I even installed the plugin, there was a single database: Database: fwcmetro_wrdp1
 * That database is sill there, but now it’s full of entries that begin “wpstag0”
   that were never there to begin with.
 * Now I do not know what to do. I’m fearful if I delete the staging site my production
   site will crash. I made several changes to the site after working on the staging
   site.
 * How can this issue be fixed now? Thanks in advance.

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 *  Plugin Author [Rene Hermenau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/renehermi/)
 * (@renehermi)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issue-after-using-wp-staging/#post-12731335)
 * Hello Glen,
 * I’ve already replied to your mail but will answer here as well. This answer can
   be useful for other people, too.
 * WP Staging does not change any of your live tables. It creates new tables beginning
   with wpstg0_ and does not modify your production tables at all. So they still
   exist if you did not change anything manually in the database.
 * How do you see your database tables?
 * Do you use PHPMyAdmin? This tool shows only a portion of your tables at a glance
   and you need to click on the second page to see the rest of the existing tables.
   So could this be the issue you have?
 * When you delete a staging site WP Staging will show you a preview of the tables
   that are going to be deleted. There should be selected tables beginning with 
   wpstg0_ only.
 * Tables beginning with fwcmetro_wrdp1 should not be in that delete preview.
 * If that’s the case, all is good and you can proceed with deleting the staging
   site tables. It will not delete any of your production site tables.
 * Please let me know if you have any other questions or need more information.
 *  Thread Starter [glen4cindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glen4cindy/)
 * (@glen4cindy)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issue-after-using-wp-staging/#post-12731425)
 * Sorry to ask in more than one place, I’m just a bit worried.
 * Yes, I was looking in PHPMyAdmin.
 * That’s where I went recently when I was moving hosting companies to backup and
   restore the database.
 * I was not aware that only a portion of the tables was visible there. With the
   kind of luck I have, I would have hit DELETE and the site would have vaporized!
 * Thanks for your quick response.

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 * Last reply from: [glen4cindy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glen4cindy/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-issue-after-using-wp-staging/#post-12731425)
 * Status: resolved