{"id":1092,"date":"2025-10-25T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/use-mysql-database-wizard\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T13:00:54","slug":"use-mysql-database-wizard","status":"publish","type":"kb_article","link":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/knowledgebase\/use-mysql-database-wizard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use MySQL Database Wizard in cPanel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-database-wizard-main-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-database-wizard-main-1.png\" alt=\"MySQL Database Wizard screen in cPanel\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2>Create the Database<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Go to <strong>Databases &gt; MySQL Database Wizard<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Enter the database name.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-enter-database-name-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/02-enter-database-name-1.png\" alt=\"Database name entered in MySQL Database Wizard\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Next Step<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Create the User<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Enter the database username.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Enter and confirm a strong password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-create-database-user-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-create-database-user-1.png\" alt=\"Create MySQL user screen\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Create User<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Choose Privileges<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Tick <strong>All Privileges<\/strong> for a normal website database user.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Or choose only the privileges required.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"margin:1.35rem 0 1.75rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/04-set-user-privileges-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/04-set-user-privileges-1.png\" alt=\"MySQL user privileges screen\" style=\"display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li value=\"3\">Click <strong>Next Step<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Use the Database Details<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Copy the full database name.<\/li>\n<li value=\"2\">Copy the full database username.<\/li>\n<li value=\"3\">Use the password you created.<\/li>\n<li value=\"4\">Set the database host to <strong>localhost<\/strong> unless your application says otherwise.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>MySQL Database Wizard is a guided version of the MySQL Databases screen.<\/li>\n<li>The full database name and username usually include your cPanel username as a prefix.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create the Database Go to Databases &gt; MySQL Database Wizard. Enter the database name. Click Next Step. Create the User Enter the database username.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","kb_category":[19],"class_list":["post-1092","kb_article","type-kb_article","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-cpanel-databases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb_article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1277,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_article\/1092\/revisions\/1277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4uhosting.co.uk\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}