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Databases without the password dance

Create MariaDB databases and users in one form, and open phpMyAdmin with a single click — no credentials to remember, ever.

3 min Beginner 8 steps Updated July 2026
Knowledge Base/Files & data/Databases & phpMyAdmin

Create a database

  1. Open Databases

    Sidebar → Databases under Hosting, or press / and type “data”.

  2. Name the database and its user

    Both get your account prefix automatically (shown left of the box) — type just the short part, like appdb and appuser. Letters, numbers and underscores only.

  3. Set a password (8+ characters)

    Copy it somewhere safe now — you'll paste it into your app's config (e.g. wp-config.php) and the panel never shows it again.

  4. Click Create database

    The user is created with full privileges on that one database. Done.

The Databases page — your databases, the create form, and one-click phpMyAdmin
The Databases page — your databases, the create form, and one-click phpMyAdmin

One-click WordPress creates and wires its own database automatically — you only need this page for extra apps or custom code.

Open phpMyAdmin — zero login

  1. Click Open phpMyAdmin →

    On the Databases page.

  2. That's it

    A cryptographically signed link (valid 90 seconds, single account) drops you straight into your databases — browse tables, run SQL, import/export. No username, no password, no server address.

Search-and-replace a URL across a WordPress database, export a table before an experiment, fix a corrupted option row — phpMyAdmin is the right tool, and it's always one click away.

Delete a database

  1. Click delete on the database's row

    In the “Your databases” table.

  2. Confirm

    The database and its user are removed permanently. Any app still pointing at it will error immediately.

How many databases do I get?

It's per-plan — the counter at the top of the page shows used/allowed. Nightly backups include every database.

Can I connect from outside (remote MySQL)?

Not directly — the database network is isolated inside your pod for security. phpMyAdmin covers admin tasks; for app access, your code runs right next to the database with localhost speed.

What are the connection details for my app?

Host 127.0.0.1, port 3306, plus the database name, user and password you created here.

Still stuck?

A human is one ticket away.

Median first response under 30 minutes during business hours — from an engineer, not a script.