# Can't see MariaDB as an option for WP install

**URL:** <https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-see-mariadb-as-an-option-for-wp-install/121134>\
**Category:** Help! (Home for newbies)\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-see-mariadb-as-an-option-for-wp-install/121134 "2023-06-12T11:12:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Volt31](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/779978/32.png) [@Volt31](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Volt31)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 11:12am UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-see-mariadb-as-an-option-for-wp-install/121134/1 "2023-06-12T11:12:23Z")

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| SYSTEM INFORMATION | |
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| OS type and version | Alma Linux 8 |
| Virtualmin version | 7.7 |

Hi. Newbie to Virtualmin but have experience with cPanel.

I have installed MariaDB and it shows as working and running. When I try to install Wordpress on a domain from ‘Install scripts’, the dropdown box only shows ‘PostgreSQL, New Database’ as an option. I want to install to a MariaDB database.

How do I get MariaDB to show here (or MySQL if that is what Virtualmin refer to it as as I saw in older posts)?

If it helps, the server status shows a tick next to Apache, Bind, MySQL and Postfix.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/user_avatar/forum.virtualmin.com/joe/32/9_2.png) [@Joe](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-see-mariadb-as-an-option-for-wp-install/121134/2 "2023-06-12T17:23:22Z")

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You didn’t use our automated install script, or something went wrong during install and you don’t have a complete installation. MariaDB is included in a fresh installation, and PostgreSQL is not. So…you have something that isn’t an automated installation of Virtualmin, which you should not do without a lot of experience with Virtualmin and your OS and all the services being used.

Follow the instructions on [our download page](https://www.virtualmin.com/download/) on a freshly installed, supported, OS.

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**Author:** ![system](https://cdn.forum.virtualmin.com/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cd96d761e326db4b2bef94886a639109bd7a8e76.svg) [@system](https://forum.virtualmin.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.virtualmin.com/t/cant-see-mariadb-as-an-option-for-wp-install/121134/3 "2023-06-20T17:23:47Z")

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