Applications need four pieces of information to connect to a database.

• Database name: the full name (for example, account_wordpress), from MySQL Databases.
• Database username: the user you assigned to it.
• Password: the password you set for that user.
• Database host: almost always localhost on shared hosting.

Tip: For WordPress, these go into wp-config.php (article 126). If you've lost the password, reset it under MySQL Users in cPanel.