<?php $wpdb->add_database( array( 'host' => 'global.db.example.com', 'user' => 'globaluser', 'password' => 'globalpassword', 'name' => 'globaldb', ) ); $wpdb->add_database( array( 'host' => '192.168.1.5', 'user' => DB_USER, 'password' => DB_PASSWORD, 'name' => 'mycustomdatabase', 'write' => 1, 'read' => 1, 'dataset' => 'customdataset', 'timeout' => 0.5, ) ); $wpdb->add_table( 'customdataset', 'wp_my_custom_table' );