# Ignore 'www' when creating new databases

**Project:** Sites | **Board:** Live | **Votes:** 1
**URL:** https://roadmap.ploi.io/projects/2-site-level-requests/items/1195-ignore-www-when-creating-new-databases

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Currently, when creating a new database for a site with a root domain that's prefixed with 'www.', the database's name will contain www{domain}. Just like with System Users, I feel like it'd be much cleaner to exclude 'www' from the database name. For other subdomains, I'd still include the subdomain in the database name.

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## Comments

**Rick Tibbe** (2025-03-10T13:09:27+00:00):
At this moment, my workaround is to create the site without the 'www.' subdomain, install WordPress, and then change the root domain to add 'www.'

**Dennis** (2025-03-10T14:56:04+00:00):
100% I agree!