Title: wp-users table missing
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# wp-users table missing

 *  [bcmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcmann/)
 * (@bcmann)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/)
 * I have a client that is running 3.3.1. I need to make a local development copy
   of their site so I can update it and make some changes. So I copied all the files,
   exported then imported the database, updated the wp-options table.
 * I am able to access the homepage on my local copy. I can also see the log-in 
   screen under wp-admin, but I can’t log-in. I went to reset my password in the
   wp-users table, but it didn’t exists. So I checked the live site database to 
   see if I just missed this table somehow. But it’s not on the live site either.
   But the live site allows me to log-in to the backend.
 * Is there another place that user-data is stored in WordPress 3.3.1?
 * I have no idea where to go with this, so please, any help at all would be greatly
   appreciated.
 * Thanks,
    Brian

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/#post-4489911)
 * Are you sure you looked for wp_users and not wp-users?
 *  Thread Starter [bcmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcmann/)
 * (@bcmann)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/#post-4489955)
 * My bad, I said ‘wp-users’ but I meant ‘wp_users’. There is no ‘wp_users’ table
   in either site.
 * I tried copying the wp_users table from another install. But when I try to log-
   in, I just get a message that says that I don’t have permission to access that
   page.
 * I also tried opening the file that I exported from phpMyAdmin and searching for
   my username, but it wasn’t found.
 * Is there a PHP file that I can modify to see what database/table the site is 
   actually using for the users?
 * Thanks!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/#post-4489957)
 * There is no way that a standard WordPress site could possibly run without a wp_users
   table. Did you install WordPress on this domain yourself?
 *  Thread Starter [bcmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcmann/)
 * (@bcmann)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/#post-4489975)
 * No this is a new client. I know what you’re saying, and I can’t figure out how
   it’s working. There are 270 tables in this database, I’m guessing that whoever
   developed this site must have modified the core files to use another table. But
   I did search the DB for my username and it’s not there. I just don’t understand
   how this could be working.
 * I was thinking there may be 2 databases and I just pulled the wrong one, but 
   I used the client’s login to access the DB through their control panel with Media
   Temple. There’s only one database on their hosting package and the hostname in
   the wp_config file is a Media Temple site. So I’m not sure where else to look.
 * Thanks again for your help.
 *  Thread Starter [bcmann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcmann/)
 * (@bcmann)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/#post-4489989)
 * I just installed a plug-in called “Database Browser” and I can see that there
   is a wp_users table. But I can’t figure out why I’m not seeing it in phpMyAdmin.
 * I’ve downloaded another plug-in that’s called ‘wp-dump’ and I exported the database.
   I’m updating my local copy and hopefully this will work.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-users-table-missing/#post-4489989)
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