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category_title: High Performance Order Storage
category_slug: hpos
post_title: High Performance Order Storage (HPOS)
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Explore High Performance Order Storage (HPOS) — a solution that provides an easy-to-understand and solid database structure – specifically designed for eCommerce needs.

[High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS)](https://developer.woo.com/2022/09/14/high-performance-order-storage-progress-report/) also previously known as “Custom Order Tables” is a solution that provides an easy-to-understand and solid database structure – specifically designed for eCommerce needs. It uses the WooCommerce CRUD design to store order data in custom tables – optimized for WooCommerce queries with minimal impact on the store's performance.