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Is it a good idea to create a password and make your password secure for your Wordpress database when uploading the database to a third-party web host (going live instead of hosting on localhost) instead of root and no password? :

Change

u. root p. 'no password'

to

u. username p. password

Does it make your database more secure and still accessible to your new third-party host?

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  • If the database is exposed to the internet, you could be able to use something like mysql -u root -h yoursite.com to connect to your database and create tables, modify data, or just delete everything, anybody would be able to do it – Tom J Nowell♦ May 28 '19 at 15:33
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The short answer is yes. Having a secure username and password is paramount to keeping your site secure.

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  • But, having a secure password for the database, (and the admin to the site) right? – West May 28 '19 at 15:17
  • @Joseph yes, what's to stop somebody from just connecting to your database directly and making changes? The only time you're ok setting a user/password to something simple is if you want it to be hacked or accessed/changed by the general public – Tom J Nowell♦ May 28 '19 at 15:31

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