We used the previous recipe to look at the default database tables in a WordPress site and how to manage the data of these tables. In application development, we may need custom database tables due to reasons such as the following:
- Increased data volume in core tables slowing down core features
- Difficulty in matching custom data to existing table columns
- Limitations in flexibility for querying the results
WordPress also allows us to work with custom database tables through the built-in wpdb class. We can use the recommended methods for accessing custom tables through built-in functions to speed up the development process without writing custom queries for all the requirements. So, it's important to understand the techniques of working with custom tables for storing and retrieving custom data.
In this recipe, we are going to use the recommended...
