UPDATE ON DSM 5.0: How to access phpmyadmin after upgrading to DSM 5.0.

If you want to install your own wordpress site in your Synology NAS DS713+ you need to install the package:phpMyAdmin.

PhpMyAdmin is a tool used to administrate the SQL database used to store your wordpress data. For now, it is the only thing you need to know, except for how to install it in your NAS DS713+.

How to install phpMyAdmin in your Synology NAS

There are plenty of videos on the web that explain easily how to do it, so I will link to one of them instead of doing my own.

This video has been posted on YouTube by QuixVenture:

How to access phpMyAdmin after installation

To access phpMyadmin, click on the icon in your Synology:

and you will be redirected to phpMyAdmin web interface:

The user name is by default: root and the password is not set, so leave it blank and press enter.

It is recommended to change the password of your SQL database to protect it against attacks. Here is a tutorial on how to do it.

And that’s it, you don’t need to do anything else. You can now install wordpress in your nas.