It’s a matter of a few clicks to create a database in hosting cpanel. (This article only applies if your hosting provider is using cPanel).
Follow these simple steps:
- Log in to cPanel for your web site (Normally located at yoursite.com/cpanel)
- Locate the “MySQL Databases” icon and click on it
- Under Create New Database type in the name for your database (it can be something simple like db or more concrete like wpdblive)
- Click the “Create Database” button
- All done!
This will add an empty database to your account which you can now populate with data which is normally done while installing software or importing particular records.

This is how a database feels when no user has been assigned to it!