--- title: #204 – Russell Aaron on the Hidden Settings Page You... description: WordPress has a hidden admin page at /wp-admin/options.php that displays the entire options table from your database in an editable format. Most WordPress... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/204-russell-aaron-on-the-hidden-settings-page-you-never-knew-existed-options-php-mnuqxzfps twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: #204 – Russell Aaron on the Hidden Settings Page You Never Knew Existed options.php | daily.dev og:description: WordPress has a hidden admin page at /wp-admin/options.php that displays the entire options table from your database in an editable format. Most WordPress... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/204-russell-aaron-on-the-hidden-settings-page-you-never-knew-existed-options-php-mnuqxzfps og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MnUQXzfps.png og:image:alt: #204 – Russell Aaron on the Hidden Settings Page You Never Knew Existed options.php og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # #204 – Russell Aaron on the Hidden Settings Page You Never Knew Existed options.php **[WP Tavern](https://daily.dev/sources/wptavern)** · 27 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WordPress has a hidden admin page at /wp-admin/options.php that displays the entire options table from your database in an editable format. Most WordPress users, even experienced ones, don't know it exists since it's not linked anywhere in the admin interface. The page can be useful for plugin developers checking if their uninstall scripts properly clean up database entries, but it's also risky—you can easily break your site by modifying values without understanding their purpose. The page has likely existed since early WordPress versions and requires administrator permissions to access. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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