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John James Jacoby edited this page Jun 19, 2024 · 4 revisions

LudicrousDB is an advanced database interface for WordPress that completely replaces its built-in database functionality.

The main differences are:

  • Connects to an arbitrary number of database servers
  • Inspects each query to determine the appropriate database
  • Designed specifically for large, multi-site, high-availability environments

It supports:

  • Read and write servers (replication)
  • Configurable priority for reading and writing
  • Local and remote data-centers
  • Private and public networks
  • Different tables on different databases/hosts
  • Smart post-write primary reads
  • Fail-over for downed host
  • Advanced statistics for profiling

It is based on the code currently used in production on WordPress.com & WordPress.org, with many database servers spanning multiple data-centers.

It was originally forked from HyperDB.

Previous Contributors

HyperDB's original contributors: matt, andy, ryan, mdawaffe, vnsavage, automattic

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