{"id":568,"date":"2023-09-06T04:58:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T03:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/?p=568"},"modified":"2023-09-06T04:58:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T03:58:59","slug":"how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Optimize WordPress Database: The Definitive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/websitesecuritystore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every webmaster understands the need to maintain a fast and efficient website. Websites that receives lots of traffic or upload heavy media files can be become slow if the backend database is not well optimised, and this could lead to negative user experiences and can even increase your site bounce rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this blog post, you will learn and understand what a WordPress database is, how it functions, and why it is necessary to optimise your website regularly. We look into the types of WordPress sites, how to set up your WordPress database, and what tasks you should perform to manually or automatically to optimise your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your WordPress database has a storage where it stores everything on your website. This contents includes every pages, blogs, posts, forms, links, portfolio items comments and other type of posts. It also stores your website settings, plugins and themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Your websites continues to grow as you add more contents, your database also increases with several settings and options from themes, plugins, and contents. So if you don&#8217;t optimise your database you will start noticing slugginess and slowdowns on your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/optimize-your-wordpress-database-with-one-click\/\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69d7416300e8c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Why_Should_I_Optimize_My_WordPress_Database\" >Why Should I Optimize My WordPress Database?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#How_Your_WordPress_Database_Fills_up_and_Slow_Down\" >How Your WordPress Database Fills up and Slow Down<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Spam_Comments\" >Spam Comments<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Post_Revisions\" >Post Revisions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Expired_Transients\" >Expired Transients<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#How_to_Manually_Optimize_Your_WordPress_Database\" >How to Manually Optimize Your WordPress Database<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Plugins_to_Optimize_Your_Database\" >Plugins to Optimize Your Database<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#WP-Optimize\" >WP-Optimize<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#WP-Sweep\" >WP-Sweep<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#WP_Rocket\" >WP Rocket<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Step_by_Step_Guide_to_Optimize_Your_WordPress_Database_With_Wp-Optimize\" >Step by Step Guide to Optimize Your WordPress Database With Wp-Optimize<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Cleaning_the_Database\" >Cleaning the Database<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#FAQs_About_WordPress_Database_Optimization\" >FAQs About WordPress Database Optimization<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Will_It_Break_My_Site\" >Will It Break My Site?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Are_There_Any_Hidden_Tips_or_Tricks_I_Can_Use\" >Are There Any Hidden Tips or Tricks I Can Use?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Will_It_Improve_My_Website_Performance\" >Will It Improve My Website Performance?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/harmonweb.com\/blog\/how-to-optimize-wordpress-database-the-definitive-guide\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WordPress_Core_Database_Table_Setup\"><\/span>WordPress Core Database Table Setup<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s begin by looking into how a WordPress database is set up and how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress uses <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Database_Description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"11 core tables\">11 core tables<\/a> to store all the information found on your website although you may find more than 11 tables listed in your database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason being that WordPress plugins and theme also generate their own tables. So depending on which plugins and themes you have installed on your site, you may end up getting more tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the 11 core tables that are listed by default to WordPress with the type of information that they store.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>wp_commentmeta \u2013 Stores meta information for comments.<\/li><li>wp_comments \u2013 Stores comments.<\/li><li>wp_links \u2013 Creates, and stores links menu.&nbsp;<\/li><li>wp_options \u2013 Stores options set in the admin settings area.<\/li><li>wp_postmeta \u2013 Stores meta information for posts.<\/li><li>wp_posts \u2013 Stores data for posts, pages, and other custom post types.<\/li><li>wp_terms \u2013 Stores a list of tags and categories for all posts and links.<\/li><li>wp_term_relationships \u2013 Stores the relationship between a post and its category and tag, as well as between links and link categories.<\/li><li>wp_term_taxonomy \u2013 Stores a taxonomy label in the wp_terms table. Taxonomy refers to a category, link, or tag.<\/li><li>wp_usermeta \u2013 Stores meta-information about users<\/li><li>wp_users \u2013 Stores a list of users.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Should_I_Optimize_My_WordPress_Database\"><\/span>Why Should I Optimize My WordPress Database?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress stores everything on your site, yes, everything from data to contents from your website. Which means that each pages, content, comments, or posts that you have created live in  your database. As time elapses, your database will keep growing as you make changes, updates and add to it. The larger your database is, the more time it will require for your server to search for and retrieve information from your database tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Maintaining a well optimised database can improve the overall performance of your website and actively reduce server loads. By deleting unnecessary and outdated information off your site, which will greatly impact on the efficiency of your database, which will allow you to serve your pages as a faster rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is vital to make sure that your database is well optimised regularly to ensure a long-lasting website performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have lots of unnecessary data on your WordPress database, we recommend that you optimise it, because a slower site can lead to higher bounce rate, which means that users won&#8217;t spend much time on your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So to avoid losing existing or potential visitors, make sure that your database is optimised frequently as poor WordPress database optimisation usually leads to poor user experience and slow server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Search engines also rank your site better if your site speed is fast, because a website speed is an important ranking factor in google ranking algorithm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A better performing website will\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/econsultancy.com\/site-speed-case-studies-tips-and-tools-for-improving-your-conversion-rate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">encourage a larger user base and more conversions<\/a>.<br>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Your_WordPress_Database_Fills_up_and_Slow_Down\"><\/span>How Your WordPress Database Fills up and Slow Down<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time through the natural process of yourself and end-users using your website, the database will begin to grow in size. Here are a few ways that the WordPress database grows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spam_Comments\"><\/span>Spam Comments<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wordpress-comments-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">comments enabled on your website<\/a>, then you will likely encounter spam comments. This is unfortunately all too commonplace on the web today, and it is important to have a way of removing them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two main reasons to remove such comments.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Accumulating these comments over time will affect your database and site speed.&nbsp;<\/li><li>It prevents real users from making real comments, as seeing a bunch of spam posts may provide a bad first impression. They may feel that their comment will get lost in the spam or that your website is untrustworthy and unprofessional.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>By implementing some basic practices, you can slow down the amount of spam that appears on your website, encouraging users to have real conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One main reason people will post spam comments is to post links that they want you to click on. Often these links lead to their own websites or shady third-party marketers and trackers that try and steal information. It is very important to take steps to prevent this.&nbsp;<br>Spam bots target websites by impersonating real users and posting links. By reducing the amounts of links allowed on a post, you can reduce the amount of spam greatly. While really users will also not be able to post as many links, spam bots will also be prevented from doing that. This can make your site look more professional and reliable. In order to make this change, click on&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt; Discussion&nbsp;<\/strong>and look for the&nbsp;<strong>Comment Moderation<\/strong>&nbsp;section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/comment-moderation-setting.jpg\" alt=\"Comment Moderation Screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-59337\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can set the number of links allowed in a comment before it is flagged for moderation. You can set this number to zero if you would like to moderate any comment with a link.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of spam typically contains similar phrases or words. Think of titles of spam emails you may have received. They often contain buying judgments, false promises, or cliche phrases such as \u201cAs seen on TV.\u201d&nbsp; By blacklisting certain words and phrases, you can block them from being posted automatically, and send them to the trash immediately. In order to add a blacklist to your WordPress site, navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt; Discussion&nbsp;<\/strong>and look for the&nbsp;<strong>Comment Blacklist<\/strong>&nbsp;section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Be cautious when selecting words here as not to include words that regular users may use or words that might appear in other words. For example, the word blacklist would be flagged if the word list is on your blacklist.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/comment-blacklist.jpg\" alt=\"Comment Blacklist \" class=\"wp-image-59339\"\/><figcaption>Comment Blacklist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can go a step further and only allow registered users to comment. Users would have to sign up, or at the least fill in a name and email before being able to comment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This practice will remove you as an easy target to post spam on, as most bots will skip your page if they have to sign up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, this encourages real users to sign up for membership and engage your site. It gives registered users the privilege of posting and holding conversations on your website.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To set this up, head to&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt; Discussion<\/strong>&nbsp;and look for the&nbsp;<strong>Other Comment Settings<\/strong>&nbsp;section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/other-comment-settings.jpg\" alt=\"Other Settings Screenshot\" class=\"wp-image-59341\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also choose to moderate all comments. This method may provide the best quality results, as each comment will have to be read and approved before it is posted, but requires the most amount of resources.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By choosing to do it manually, a person will have to check pending comments for approval. This is a great strategy if you are focused on user feedback, customer service, and hosting conversations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to set this up, go to&nbsp;<strong>Settings &gt; Discussion<\/strong>, and check out the Before a Comment Appears section.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, you can make the settings to publish only comments that have been manually approved or comments made by an author that has been approved before. Select your option and save.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post_Revisions\"><\/span>Post Revisions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress is a CMS platform and it\u2019s set up to be the best version of that. In order to keep a good track of blog post changes, revisions, and drafts, WordPress stores post revisions so that you can go back and retrieve the information you may have deleted from your post, undo changes, or load up an older version of the post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you are working on a draft, WordPress will auto-save a temporary version of your post. This happens for all posts and drafts, so it can add up quickly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress stores an auto-save every 60 seconds and creates a chronological record of your edits. While these post revisions can be extremely useful when building and publishing posts, over time they can take up space on your database and slow down your server if you have a lot of content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s good practice to manually remove older versions you no longer need and to set some parameters so that posts can expire after a certain amount of time. They can be accessed from the post editor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to cap the number of revisions of your WordPress post manually, you can add the following code to your sites&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/how-to-edit-wp-config-php\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wp-config.php file<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>define( \u2018WP_POST_REVISIONS\u2019,&nbsp;<em>10<\/em>&nbsp;)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>10&nbsp;<\/em>is the number of posts you would like to limit it to. This will prevent any future posts from creating more posts than the number you set. Once 10 have been reached in this case, the oldest will be removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to delete existing post regions that are no longer necessary, you will have to either do it via phpMyAdmin, or the installation of a WordPress plugin. This guide will cover both in more depth below.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Expired_Transients\"><\/span>Expired Transients<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Transients are tools that let developers keep relevant information in your WordPress database for a certain period of time. This optimizes performance and server loads between your website and any sites you are connected to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A common type of transients are used with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/best-social-media-plugins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media plugins<\/a>. WordPress uses these transients to keep share counts for posts up to date, without having to reauthenticate your connection with the social media site every time you do this. This would slow down your site dramatically, and these transients help speed this process up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Transients may not always function correctly especially when making significant changes to your website or installing a new plugin. So it\u2019s helpful to be able to manage them instead of waiting for them to expire.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, WordPress does not delete expired transients and it is good practice to clear them out from your database. Having too large a&nbsp;<em>wp_options table<\/em>&nbsp;can slow down your site, so deleting expired transients is a very helpful task.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Manually_Optimize_Your_WordPress_Database\"><\/span>How to Manually Optimize Your WordPress Database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to manually optimize your WordPress site, you will first have to access PHPMyAdmin via your hosting provider. You will have to log in to cPanel, then open the PHPMyAdmin tool, and navigate to&nbsp;<strong>Databases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/optimize-database-table.png\" alt=\"Optimize Database Table\" class=\"wp-image-59154\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Then select the database you would like to optimize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/database-table-name-1.png\" alt=\"Database Table Name\" class=\"wp-image-59156\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then select&nbsp;<strong>Check All&nbsp;<\/strong>to optimize all tables. If you prefer to optimize only specific tables, select them from the menu on the left. Next, select&nbsp;<strong>Optimize Table&nbsp;<\/strong>from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/optimize-the-table.png\" alt=\"Optimize The Table\" class=\"wp-image-59157\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You should next receive a confirmation message saying \u201c<em>Your SQL query has been executed successfully<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your selected tables have been optimized and you can log out.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/optimize-table-success.png\" alt=\"Optimize Table Success\" class=\"wp-image-59158\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Plugins_to_Optimize_Your_Database\"><\/span>Plugins to Optimize Your Database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of great plugins that can provide great WordPress database optimization maintenance for you. These tools make keeping a fast up to date site easy and headache-free. They will help you get started and recommend options. Most of these plugins can be set up with just one click. This guide will look at a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-optimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WP-Optimize<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-sweep\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WP-Sweep<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-rocket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WP Rocket<\/a>&nbsp;as well as go into WP-Optimize in detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP-Optimize\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-optimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WP-Optimize<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WP-Optimize is one of the most popular database optimization plugins for WordPress. It has over 900,000 active installs. The plugin is very simple to use and has a one-button setup feature. Just click select&nbsp;<strong>Run Optimization<\/strong>&nbsp;next to the cleanup task you want to perform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg\" alt=\"WP-Optimize Plugin settings \" class=\"wp-image-59344\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use WP-Optimize to clean up post revisions, old drafts, unapproved, spam, or trashed comments, expired transient options, trackbacks, and pingbacks. 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Once you install the plugin, go to&nbsp;<strong>Tools &gt; Sweep&nbsp;<\/strong>and you will get to the plugin\u2019s settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WP-Sweep offers a pretty user-intuitive platform, giving you two options for each task,&nbsp;<strong>Sweep&nbsp;<\/strong>or&nbsp;<strong>Details.&nbsp;<\/strong>You can sweep revisions, auto-saved drafts, deleted posts, comments, users, options and optimizing tables. If you want to run all the tasks, press&nbsp;<strong>Sweep All<\/strong>&nbsp;at the bottom.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wp-sweep-plugin-settings.jpg\" alt=\"WP-Sweep Plugin Settings \" class=\"wp-image-59349\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WP-Sweep uses WordPress\u2019s delete functions to clean your database. This makes sure no extra data is left in your database. However, you cannot automate database optimization with WP-Sweep.<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-sweep\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Started with WP-Sweep<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"WP_Rocket\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-rocket\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WP Rocket<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WP Rocket also has a great user-intuitive interface and a quick setup. It\u2019s divided into sections for posts, comments, transients, and database cleanup.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also set up scheduled cleanups to run automatically every day, week, or month. To perform a clean up manually, select the tasks you want to run and press&nbsp;<strong>Save and Optimize<\/strong>&nbsp;and WP Rocket will start optimizing your database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image6.png\" alt=\"WP Rocket Plugin Settings \" class=\"wp-image-51626\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A great feature about WP-Rocket is the automatic clean up, which allows you to set your database settings once, and not have to come back and check on it. It will run efficiently in the background and keep your database organized.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-rocket\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get Started with WP Rocket<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Step_by_Step_Guide_to_Optimize_Your_WordPress_Database_With_Wp-Optimize\"><\/span>Step by Step Guide to Optimize Your WordPress Database With Wp-Optimize<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-optimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WP-Optimize<\/a>&nbsp;is a powerful yet simple plugin with a number of features that can help optimize your site.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a great tool to manage and clean your database, compress images, and cache your website. These tools will allow you to run a fast and efficient website, especially when used together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While other plugins may perform similar tasks individually, WP-Optimize performs all three, providing an all in one optimization solution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cleaning_the_Database\"><\/span>Cleaning the Database<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Your WordPress database is the core of your website and stores all the data your site needs to function. In addition, over time, it accumulates a lot of information that is not needed.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/go\/wp-optimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WP-Optimize<\/a>&nbsp;will remove unnecessary data and help you recover lost space. You can run optimizations separately by clicking&nbsp;<strong>Run Optimization&nbsp;<\/strong>next to the relevant task or run all tasks that you select by pressing&nbsp;<strong>Run All Selected Optimizations.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wp-optimize-settings.jpg\" alt=\"WP-Optimize Plugin\" class=\"wp-image-59344\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When running this plugin, you are provided with a number of optimization options. Most options will provide you all the information you need to perform each task.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WP-Optimize will tell you the number of unnecessary posts for each category, so you can get an idea of how much cleaning up it is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Most tasks are self-explanatory, as&nbsp;<strong>Clean all post revisions<\/strong>&nbsp;will simply remove all unnecessary old post revisions. Cleaning up comments, transients, old posts, and other tasks are similarly displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s look into optimizing database tables and what that means.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to the&nbsp;<strong>Tables<\/strong>&nbsp;tab on the toolbar. This feature provides a detailed list of all your data tables, with information about the number of records, data size, index size, type, and overhead. Next to each table, you have the option to&nbsp;<strong>Optimize&nbsp;<\/strong>individually.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose to optimize all tables by selecting&nbsp;<strong>Run Optimization&nbsp;<\/strong>for&nbsp;<strong>Optimize database tables&nbsp;<\/strong>on the&nbsp;<strong>Optimization&nbsp;<\/strong>tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SQL tables that WordPress uses in its database will become filled with data over time. Much of this data becomes unnecessary and will eventually slow down your database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Every time a new post or page is created or updated, WordPress will create a copy of the post. Every revision for every post will get stored in these database tables, so it is important to optimize them regularly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Tables&nbsp;<\/strong>tab will provide you information on which tables are bloated and taking up a lot of space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpastra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/optimized-table-option.jpg\" alt=\"WP-optimized Tables\" class=\"wp-image-59351\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WP-Optimize also allows you to set up automatic weekly clean-ups so that you can automate this process. It also gives you the option to keep the data for a specified amount of time. The database optimization feature of this plugin is a great way to keep your database running smoothly with the click of a button. Set this up once and let it do the work for you as you enjoy a faster, better-performing site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQs_About_WordPress_Database_Optimization\"><\/span>FAQs About WordPress Database Optimization<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_It_Break_My_Site\"><\/span>Will It Break My Site?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to always back up your site when making big changes. However, database optimization will not break your site. In order for it to run most efficiently, make sure you only have one plugin managing your database. If you have more than one plugin optimizing your database, they may perform redundant or conflicting tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_There_Any_Hidden_Tips_or_Tricks_I_Can_Use\"><\/span>Are There Any Hidden Tips or Tricks I Can Use?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Each of these plugins has a number of options that can further configure maintenance, updates, purges and more database management settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Will_It_Improve_My_Website_Performance\"><\/span>Will It Improve My Website Performance?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress database optimization can provide an improvement in page load speeds, overall performance, and search engine ratings. 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