Working with the configuration file

WordPress uses a configuration file called wp-config.php, located inside the root directory of your WordPress installation. In the preceding section, we went through the installation process, and this file was generated automatically based on the specified information. In order to use the advanced features of WordPress, as well as making manual modifications based on system changes, we will explain this file thoroughly. Let's take a quick look at the initial contents of this file using the following code:

define('DB_NAME', 'wpquick'); define('DB_USER', 'wpdadmin'); define('DB_PASSWORD', ' GBm+Hq1T1Clyq '); define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8mb4'); define('DB_COLLATE', ''); define('AUTH_KEY', ...

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