Title: WordPress 5 Database Changes?
Last modified: December 13, 2018

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# WordPress 5 Database Changes?

 *  [b-rad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b-rad/)
 * (@b-rad)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-database-changes/)
 * I know the version number of the database changed with the 5 release from 38590
   to 43764 ([https://codex.wordpress.org/Current_events](https://codex.wordpress.org/Current_events)),
   but did the schema change at all? Were there any changes to the v5 database as
   compared to v4.9.8?
 * As far as I can see from [https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php](https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/master/wp-admin/includes/upgrade.php),
   the updater only looks for databases less than 37965 (`if ( $wp_current_db_version
   < 37965 )`), which indicates to me that nothing has changed between 4.9.8’s database
   and 5.0. Is this accurate?

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-database-changes/#post-10986558)
 * The last update to the schema was 4.4.
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description](https://codex.wordpress.org/Database_Description)
 *  Thread Starter [b-rad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b-rad/)
 * (@b-rad)
 * [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-database-changes/#post-10986575)
 * thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [b-rad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/b-rad/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-5-database-changes/#post-10986575)
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