Title: Change Table Prefix Author: Manish Kumar Agarwal Published: September 3, 2012 Last modified: March 3, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/change-table-prefix/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3474061) # Change Table Prefix By [Manish Kumar Agarwal](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manishkrag/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/change-table-prefix.zip) * [Details](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/#description) * [Reviews](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/#reviews) * [Installation](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/#installation) * [Development](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/) ## Description [💬 Ask Question](https://github.com/webguyio/support) | [📧 Email Me](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/webguywork@gmail.com?output_format=md) Change the database table prefix first defined in your wp-config.php file. ## Installation **Automatic** * From your WordPress Admin, navigate to: _Plugins > Add New_ * Search for: “Change Table Prefix” * Install it * Activate it **Manual** * Download * Unzip * Upload to /plugins/ folder * Activate ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d18e1280fbabc3f79223b6d746f2bc610fefab360af9ab000c1e1a1842a2da46? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what it says.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-1094/)󠁿 [doreenhawdon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/doreenhawdon/) May 19, 2022 Note you may have to change the table prefix in wp_config.php yourself but that’s no great problem. Great plugin, thank you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1db6ed0bdeafc94d08222197f3e0f2ebf7f8594e455e0e5362155bdab7c6fd6f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thanks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-2241/)󠁿 [M. Saimur Rahman Jihad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/msrjihad/) March 23, 2022 Wow! It works perfectly! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7e85c53df94aa1f451f6157dc5af5a93daedd2f968c74ad80fa3ba192c9d1b59? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Working but need manual to add table_prefix name inside wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/working-but-need-manual-to-add-table_prefix-name-inside-wp-config-php/)󠁿 [risecompany](https://profiles.wordpress.org/risecompany/) January 4, 2022 Working well ! but after changing you need to copy the new table_prefix name then add it in table_prefix inside wp-config.php although it has 777 Permission but it’s not change automatically and the site will open like a new installation . ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4dd5bf4d50cac5b0d15877b0abda25831e4382d6203e9debdc9daf493af6c421? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Easier than doing it yourself](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easier-than-doing-it-yourself/)󠁿 [Doug](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desigstate/) December 23, 2021 Had an issue with mysql connection between the site and a software developer. This helped a ton. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca14677618a8e439415bb8c2e109abe12f7400cb16df65059799149fa9ea59f7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not changing wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-changing-wp-config-php/)󠁿 [dreamer534](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreamer534/) September 15, 2021 Database prefixes was done right. wp-config.php file had to do manually, after almost got heart attack when site stooped working. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0bc7e088d421c1a2b3fa64f96bf63b3a4094de9e11c7eb80d68086d387ae4a7b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Didn’t Work For Me! 🙁](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/didnt-work-for-me-172/)󠁿 [sunshine0109](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sunshine0109/) July 31, 2021 I tried on WP Version 5.8. When it finished I had a fresh install of WP. All my content was gone. (I did back up my site so was able to restore it with no problem). Not sure if I did something wrong. ….Just make sure to back up your site before trying. [ Read all 55 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Change Table Prefix” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Manish Kumar Agarwal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manishkrag/) * [ Web Guy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/) [Translate “Change Table Prefix” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/change-table-prefix) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/change-table-prefix/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/change-table-prefix/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/change-table-prefix/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/change-table-prefix/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0 * Fixed and adopted plugin ## Meta * Version **3.0** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **2,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/) * Tags * [database](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/database/)[Prefix](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/prefix/) [tables](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tables/) * [Advanced View](https://sa.wordpress.org/plugins/change-table-prefix/advanced/) ## Ratings 3.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 33 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 6 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 2 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 2 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 12 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/change-table-prefix/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Manish Kumar Agarwal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manishkrag/) * [ Web Guy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webguyio/) ## Support Got something to say? 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