Title: What Databases work with WordPress?
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# What Databases work with WordPress?

 *  [AKelly2012](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akelly2012/)
 * (@akelly2012)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-databases-work-with-wordpress/)
 * Hi,
 * I am working on a group project. We have a website created with WordPress, and
   we want to connect it to a database. Does WordPress only work with MySQL, or 
   can we use something else, such as Microsoft SQL Server or Access? Thank you 
   for your help.

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-databases-work-with-wordpress/#post-6106247)
 * > Does WordPress only work with MySQL
 * Yes.
 * >  or can we use something else, such as Microsoft SQL Server or Access?
 * No. 😉
 * WordPress has a requirement of MySQL version 5.0 or greater (MySQL 5.5 or greater
   is recommended.
 * [https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 * Using other databases is not supported. On a Windows platform there are ways 
   to install MySQL (and WordPress).
 * For your group project are you looking to host on a Windows server?
 *  [kuya13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuya13/)
 * (@kuya13)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-databases-work-with-wordpress/#post-6106256)
 * Good afternoon Jan,
 * Thank you for the quick response. Both Alex and I along with two others are working
   on a project with the database, and there are two other teams.
 * One team is the networking team and they bought a Server for this organization.
   The other team is the web development team, which they have decided to go with
   WordPress which is why we are looking into see if we can connect the database
   to their organization website, and how the implementation will look.
 * Right now they use Microsoft Access as their database and if we did link to the
   website, we would put the database on a Windows server.
 * Thanks and any help would be great!
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-databases-work-with-wordpress/#post-6106259)
 * Microsoft Access won’t work I’m afraid. There are versions of MySQL that will
   install on a Windows server.
 * Give this page a look.
 * [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/](http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/)
 * I’ve referring to that page because it’s on the mysql.com page but there are 
   others too. For now I recommend you go with that one.
 * If I am off-base (I’m a Linux server person myself) I’m sure someone will chime
   into this topic. 😉
 *  [kuya13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kuya13/)
 * (@kuya13)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-databases-work-with-wordpress/#post-6106260)
 * Thanks, I understand Access will not work. You have been very helpful, do you
   know any websites that do connect their database directly to the website I can
   scout?
 * Thanks

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