Change Table Prefix

Also makes 2 other plugins · 2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Change the database table prefix first defined in your wp-config.php file.

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Health

B 78/100

no flags

Active installs

1K+

≈1.5K estimated

Momentum

+7%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: Add “change” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.

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How scoring works →

78 Health · B

Maintenance 79/100

Rating quality 71/100

Support 70/100

Security 98/100

78 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins

1K+

Active installs

≈1.5K estimated

63.6K

Total downloads

since 2012 · 1.6% still active

3.8/5

Rating

55 reviews

+7%

573

Downloads · 30d

category median +3%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.6%

of downloads still active

At least 1K of 63.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Ratings · 55 reviews

Details

Version: 3.0
Last updated: 8mo ago
Added: 2012-09-03 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9.11
Requires PHP: 7.4

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 89/100

Updated 243 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 100/100

Tested up to WordPress 6.9.11, the current branch or newer

Rating quality 79/100

3.8★ over 55 reviews, smoothed to 3.94★

Listing tuning 92/100

4 of 5 tags set · short description in place

Search visibility

How it's tracked →

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Momentum

Losing ground

-0.4

Velocity

places per keyword, 25d

Breadth

of keywords climbing, 25d

-0.4

Acceleration

recent half vs earlier

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

Keyword	wp.org	On merit	wp.org move, 90 days
table prefix	#1	#2	0
prefix your tag	#2	#2	0
database table prefix your tag	#2	#4	0
database prefix	#7	#12	0
change	#22	#16	down 4
database your tag	Not in the top 24
tables your tag	Not in the top 24

5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

Add “change” to your wp.org tags. You rank #22 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+7% vs prior 30d

231 Nov 2026

4002000

231 Nov 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1K · peaks are release surges

5631 Nov 2026

1.2K6000

5631 Nov 2026

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Change Table Prefix · #5305youBrozzme DB Prefix & · #2167Rename DB Table Pref · #15351DB Viewer · #14425

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.81 Nov 2026

52.50

3.81 Nov 2026

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

781 Nov 2026

907560

781 Nov 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

5631 Nov 2026

6003000

5631 Nov 2026

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 35% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 57%

v3.0 35%

v1.4 7%

v1.3 0.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

1K–2K ≈1.5K

Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 24 Dec 2016

1K1 Nov 2026

5K2.5K0

1K1 Nov 2026

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗

★★★★★ doreenhawdon
4.5y ago

Note you may have to change the table prefix in wp_config.php yourself but that’s no great problem. Great plugin, thank you.
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★★★★★ M. Saimur Rahman Jihad
4.6y ago

Wow! It works perfectly!
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★★★★★ risecompany
4.8y ago

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 .
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★★★★★ Doug
4.9y ago

Had an issue with mysql connection between the site and a software developer. This helped a ton.
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★★★★★ dreamer534
5.1y ago

Database prefixes was done right. wp-config.php file had to do manually, after almost got heart attack when site stooped working. This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by dreamer534.
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★★★★★ sunshine0109
5.3y ago

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.
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★★★★★ diEfoRyoU
5.3y ago

Good plugin, worked without any problem.
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★★★★★ Muriel
5.6y ago

Parfait du 1er coup, avec une crainte toutefois, mais cela a bien fonctionné. Un grand merci
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Security history

via Wordfence Intelligence

The 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (3.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

Patched High · 7.1 Change Table Prefix <= 2.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via change_prefix_form ↗

2024-02-20 CVE-2024-25932 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 2.0 Patched in 3.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✓ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

1 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
! Enough to quote 104 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "tables" does not.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2026-04-27 2K+ → 1K+ down after 51 days in tier
2026-03-07 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1246 days in tier
2022-10-08 4K+ → 3K+ down after 776 days in tier
2020-08-23 5K+ → 4K+ down after 336 days in tier
2019-09-22 4K+ → 5K+ up after 157 days in tier
2019-04-18 1K+ → 4K+ up

Competes with

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