Title: WP Database repare
Last modified: August 10, 2025

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# WP Database repare

 *  Resolved [rgbcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgbcom/)
 * (@rgbcom)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-repare/)
 * Hi to all,
 * Am trying to login to my /wp-admin and being redirected to wp-admin/install.php.
   
   Tried repairing the database thru /wp-admin/maint/repair.php and which resulted
   in:
 * wpuv_users: Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’
   wpuv_usermeta: Unknown storage engine‘
   InnoDB’wpuv_posts: Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_comments: Unknown storage
   engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_links: Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_options: Unknown
   storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_postmeta: Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_terms:
   Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_term_taxonomy: Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_term_relationships:
   Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_termmeta: Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’wpuv_commentmeta:
   Unknown storage engine ‘InnoDB’
 * This looks like a server problem?

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 *  [Mridul Goswami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mridulgoswami/)
 * (@mridulgoswami)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-repare/#post-18592967)
 * Hey there
 * Yes, **this is a server-side MySQL/MariaDB problem**. WordPress is redirecting
   to /wp-admin/install.php because it **can’t read your tables**. InnoDB engine
   isn’t available (or has crashed). Since all your WP tables are InnoDB, every 
   query fails and WP thinks it’s not installed.
   If you can then access the server
   through SSH and see what whether the SQL Server is running.If you can not access
   the server through SSH may be you have CPanel, in the CPanel you can check if
   the database is running or has the service stopped.If you dont have CPanel or
   anyother interface, I recommend that you **contact your hosting provider for 
   the right solution**.
 * Please consider this as well, don’t run WordPress installer or “repair DB” again,
   it won’t help until InnoDB loads. Also do not delete or remove any existing tables
   since doing so will result in data loss.
 * I hope this helps you in taking the right decision.
   Take care
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-repare/#post-18593022)
 * As mentioned above, please contact your host to restart the InnoDB database engine.
 *  Thread Starter [rgbcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgbcom/)
 * (@rgbcom)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-repare/#post-18593029)
 * Thanks to both! I needed this confirmation to discuss with my client. Yes the
   MySQL server is running.
 * I successfully created a _test\_myisam_ table.
 * Regards 😊
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-repare/#post-18593096)
 * InnoDB needs to be enabled as an engine within MySQL/MariaDB. Contact your host.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-database-repare/#post-18593096)
 * Status: resolved

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