Exploring the role of existing tables

Assuming that most of you are existing WordPress developers, you will have a solid understanding of the existing database table structure. However, I suggest you to continue with this section, as web applications can have a different perspective in using these tables. Based on the functionality, we are going to categorize the existing tables into four sections, named:

  • User-related tables
  • Post-related tables
  • Term-related tables
  • Other tables

Let's look at how each table fits into these categories and their role in web applications.

User-related tables

This section consists of two tables for maintaining the user-related information of your application. Let's take a look at the relationship between user-related tables ...

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