From 170cf42679869ae3c71509e5f61b2c71f976bef0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jason Cosper Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 17:54:01 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update `README.md` --- README.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 96e2669..19baad6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ # utf8mb4 database upgrader for WP-CLI -Force upgrade your WordPress database to utf8mb4 via WP-CLI. +Force upgrade your WordPress database to `utf8mb4` via WP-CLI. ## Description -This WordPress plugin is designed to upgrade your WordPress database to utf8mb4 via WP-CLI. The plugin will go through each table in your database and upgrade its collation to `utf8mb4_unicode_ci`. +This WordPress plugin is designed to upgrade your WordPress database to `utf8mb4` via WP-CLI. The plugin will go through each table in your database and upgrade its collation to `utf8mb4_unicode_ci`. Why would you do this? Maybe your WordPress install missed running this conversion when WordPress 4.2 first shipped. If it did, you may be [affecting your site's performance](https://www.percona.com/blog/charset-and-collation-settings-impact-on-mysql-performance/) — so upgrading your database is a good idea.