I get errors about potentially unsafe operation when browsing table or executing SQL query. ¶

If you see errors like:

A potentially unsafe operation has been detected in your request to this site. 

This is usually caused by web application firewall doing requests filtering. It tries to prevent SQL injection, however phpMyAdmin is tool designed to execute SQL queries, thus it makes it unusable.

Please whitelist phpMyAdmin scripts from the web application firewall settings or disable it completely for phpMyAdmin path.

Programs known to cause these kind of errors:

• Wordfence Web Application Firewall