Title: Options Table
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Options Table

 *  [sapinoso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sapinoso/)
 * (@sapinoso)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-table/)
 * I’m trying to recover data from a plugin that was lost when I updated yesterday.
   Folks keep mentioning that I should be able to to to the WP options table to 
   retrieve the lost data, but I don’t understand how to access the options table.
 * Any help is appreciated!

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 *  [nawrocki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nawrocki/)
 * (@nawrocki)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-table/#post-6134400)
 * Edit: Looking at your other topic, you might have to look in the wp_options of
   a previous verison of your database to get the info you’re looking for. Do you
   have any backups of your database saved somewhere?
 *  Thread Starter [sapinoso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sapinoso/)
 * (@sapinoso)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-table/#post-6134405)
 * You lost me at cPanel.
 * I inherited the site, and have no idea about the databases, backups, etc.
 * Is there a “databases for dummies” FAQ I can consult?
 *  [nawrocki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nawrocki/)
 * (@nawrocki)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-table/#post-6134408)
 * Unless the person you inherited this site from was using Black Studio TinyMCE
   Widget, and has a backup of the database (.sql file), you’re not going to recover
   the data. You need to search for ‘widget_black-studio-tinymce’ inside of a backup
   of the database.

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 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/options-table/#post-6134408)
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