myCred was built for the WordPress framework, utilizing it, and how WordPress does things, where ever possible. This means that point related data, in most cases are stored in the WordPress tables, with the exception of the Log.

Settings are stored as options, balances are stored as user meta and most add-ons uses custom post types, such as coupons, badges, ranks or pending buyCred payments. So if you have ever updated a user meta field, you can get, edit or update users balances, just as if you ever played with custom post types, you can customize ranks.

myCred is built around two core concepts:

Everything else in myCred are features built around these point types and balances, ranging from logging any adjustments made to a balance, to automatically manipulating balances when a user interacts with your website. If your feature has nothing to do with point types or balances, it should not be managed by myCred.