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title: MetaSlider Database Information
description: "MetaSlider stores slideshow information in the WordPress database. The plugin relies on the WordPress core database tables, and does not create its own tables. --- ## Database Information for Individual Slides Individual slides are stored in the _posts table using…"
url: "https://www.metaslider.com/docs/metaslider-database-information/"
updated: "2025-02-11"
category: "Slideshow: Developers"
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# MetaSlider Database Information

MetaSlider stores slideshow information in the WordPress database. The plugin relies on the WordPress core database tables, and does not create its own tables.

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## Database Information for Individual Slides

Individual slides are stored in the _posts table using the `ml-slide` post type. This screenshot shows a single image slide. This slide has an ID of 29 and it is attached to a slideshow with an ID of 23.

![MetaSlider slide id](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/slide-id.png)

This next screenshot shows how the slide is listed in the _posts table.

![Post ID in databse](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/post-slider-1024x690.png)

You will also find information about slides in the _postmeta table. This screenshot show information about the slide with an ID of 28.

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/metaslider-db-1024x460.png)

The _postmeta table stores key information for more advanced slide types such as Layer Slides. This screenshot below shows the database content of a Layer Slide.

![MetaSlider database](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/post-meta-1024x507.png)

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## Connecting Slides and Slideshow With Taxonomies

MetaSlider uses a taxonomy called `ml-slider` to attach slides to a slideshow.

Go to the wp_term_taxonomy table and you'll see terms that are attached to this taxonomy. This screenshot below shows three terms attached to the `ml-slider` taxonomy.

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/wp-term-taxomomy-1024x220.png)

This next screenshot is taken from the wp_terms table. There is a term with an name of 23 that corresponds to the slideshow with the same ID.

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/term-id-1024x417.png)

Go to the _term_relationships table and you'll find that the post / slide with the ID of 28 is linked to the slider / term with an ID of 4.

![](https://www.metaslider.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/term-relationships.png)