{"id":1427,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/1583542-how-to-create-a-new-mysql-database-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:02:54","slug":"1583542-how-to-create-a-new-mysql-database-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583542-how-to-create-a-new-mysql-database-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a New MySQL Database in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">At Hostinger, you can easily create and manage your databases with just a few clicks.<\/p><p>Click below to try the interactive demo:<\/p><p>\n        <button\n                data-navattic-open=\"https:\/\/capture.navattic.com\/cmid6kqve000b04l7e7dl05bq\"\n                data-navattic-title=\"Create and manage databases\"\n                class=\"btn\"\n        >\n            Launch demo        <\/button>\n        \n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To create a new database, navigate to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> &rarr; Manage<\/b>, search for <b>Management <\/b>on the sidebar, and click on it:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/04\/51d92f44-7c45-4fc9-a1c4-d373fa2c4da8.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger panel with Databases menu expanded and Management option highlighted\" width=\"250\" data-media-id=\"2926\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, make sure the website to which the database will be assigned is selected on the left drop-down menu:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2023\/04\/76a9c825-0d16-4a53-aa5c-e7e6f2c00896.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger management panel with the website name dropdown arrow highlighted\" data-media-id=\"2927\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">In the section <b>Create a New MySQL Database And Database User, <\/b>enter your database name, username, and password, keeping the following in mind:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The first part of the database and username (eg. u123456789) is unique and <b>cannot <\/b>be removed or changed<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Each database can only have one user. If you require multiple users, consider a <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/vps-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VPS plan<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The database password must contain <b>at least<\/b> one number and one uppercase and lowercase letter, with a minimum length of 8 characters<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">Next, then click on <b>Create<\/b>:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2019\/02\/c01bc6d9-1d83-4a4a-8823-d28b8e5e77a7.jpg\" alt=\"Hostinger MySQL database creation form with the Create button highlighted\" data-media-id=\"5113\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Once done, the new database will be assigned to the selected domain automatically and appear in the <b>List of Current MySQL Databases And Users<\/b> section, where you will be able to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1864454-how-to-manage-mysql-databases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">manage<\/a><\/b> it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating MySQL databases through via hPanel at Hostinger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[245],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-database-management"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/1583542-how-to-create-a-new-mysql-database-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/1583542-como-crear-una-base-de-datos-mysql-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/1583542-comment-faire-pour-creer-une-nouvelle-base-de-donnees-mysql-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/1583542-cara-membuat-database-mysql-baru-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/1583542-como-criar-um-novo-banco-de-dados-mysql-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/1583542------mysql--hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1427"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6852,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1427\/revisions\/6852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}