Databases
What plugin side databases are and how plugins use one.
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What is MySQL, and when do your plugins need it?
What a plugin-side MySQL database is, when plugins actually want one, and where this educational category ends.
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Flat files vs MySQL: how plugins store your data
The two storage shapes plugins use: folders of files on the server, or tables on a separate database.
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SQLite: the database your plugins already use
The single-file embedded database inside your server's files, and why most plugins need nothing configured.
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Pointing a plugin at a database: where the credentials go
The five config values a plugin reads to reach an external database, and who supplies each one.