Database has grown into hundreds of MB from revisions and transients
Post revisions, expired transients, autoload junk: the WP DB fills up if nobody cleans.
Try this first
- 1Take a database backup first
- 2Use WP-Optimize or Advanced Database Cleaner
- 3Remove old post revisions (keep the last 5 per post)
- 4Clear expired transients and optimize tables
When to bring us in
wp_options autoload above 1MB is a specific issue, a dev must identify the offending autoload rows.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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