How to Locate Your WordPress Database: wp-config.php

Use File Manager to view the wp-config.php file.

Locating your WordPress database using "wp-config.php" via File Manager.

1. Log into cPanel
2. Click on File Manager
3. Browse to the 'public_html' directory or the Document Root for your website if WordPress is located in a different directory or is not installed on your main domain.
4. Right Click on the wp-config.php file and click edit
   
   

1. Click Edit again on the Prompt to open the wp-config.php file for editing.
2. Locate the MySQL Settings line in the wp-config.php file then locate the DB_NAME entry. The name of your WordPress database will be in parenthesis. In our example, our WordPress database name is 'exampledomain_exampledb" as outlined in our example below:    
   
   

   exampledomain_exampledb

      
3. Click Close in the Top Right-Hand corner of File Manager to close the file without making any changes.