Custom database tables

If necessary, custom tables can be added to a VIP Platform environment’s database.

When adding a custom database table, use caution and follow best practices:

• To prevent unexpected issues, all tables should begin with the $wpdb->prefix table prefix.

• Use dbDelta as part of an upgrade routine to add/update the table.
• Do a thorough analysis of the schema and indexes and validate against the queries being run to ensure they match up.
• Add caching to queries where it makes sense.