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Transient
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Decluttering Your WordPress Database: The Role of Transient Management

Within the vast WordPress ecosystem, ‘transients ‘is one of those technical terms reserved for developers. But understanding and managing transients can make a difference if you’re serious about your site’s performance and health. This article will demystify transient housekeeping and provide actionable steps to enhance your WordPress site’s efficiency. What are Transients in WordPress? Transients in WordPress are a form of cache—a temporary storage space—that lets developers store data with an expiration date. This can be anything from the results of a complex database query to the remote API call response. By storing this data temporarily, WordPress can retrieve it

Sebastian Moran October 10, 2023 No Comments
Delete iThemes Security Log Database Table
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Optimizing the iThemes Security Plugin Log Database Table

The iThemes Security plugin is a powerful plugin for protecting your WordPress website. However, the plugin’s log database table can grow over time, slowing your website. There are a few things you can do to optimize the iThemes Security plugin log database table: Delete old logs. By default, the iThemes Security plugin keeps logs for 30 days. You can delete older logs to free up space in your database. Reduce the log retention period. You can reduce the number of days that the iThemes Security plugin keeps logs by going to Security > Settings > Configure > Global Settings and

Sebastian Moran August 9, 2023 No Comments
WordPress Database Optimization Tips
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

Streamline Your WordPress Site’s Database for Improved Performance

As your WordPress site grows and evolves, so does its database. This can lead to performance issues as the database becomes more cluttered and inefficient. Fortunately, there are some things you can do to streamline your WordPress database and improve its performance. This article discusses the most effective ways to optimize your WordPress database. We’ll cover everything from removing unnecessary data to optimizing database queries. By following these tips, you can ensure that your WordPress site remains fast and responsive even as it grows in size and complexity. Importance of Database Optimization The database is the backbone of a WordPress

Sebastian Moran July 27, 2023 No Comments
ShortPixel - Remove Data Completely
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove ShortPixel Image Optimizer Plugin Data on Your WordPress Site

If you’re using the ShortPixel Image Optimizer plugin and want to switch to a different plugin, you should first delete all of the data that ShortPixel is currently using. This will help ensure your new plugin works correctly without conflicting with the old data. To quickly delete all of the ShortPixel data, you will need to be in wp-admin of the site with the ShortPixel plugin still active; Settings > ShortPixel > Tools Original images before optimization are stored in the following folder on your website’s server; wp-content/uploads/shortpixelBackups You can delete the original image backups from the plugin’s settings screen

Sebastian Moran July 14, 2023 No Comments
Remove YARPP Plugin Data on WordPress
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) Data on Your Site

The Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP), having 100,000+ active installs, is commonly used to display related content on posts, pages, and custom post types. Uninstalling the YARPP plugin should remove all its used options, usermeta data, and the custom database table used for the related cache. However, if some data is left behind, you can quickly remove it manually by deleting the unused YARPP custom database table. The YARPP plugin uses the following custom database table; wp_yarpp_related_cache If you don’t want to mess with your database, you can use a plugin to help clean up leftover data. There are

Sebastian Moran May 4, 2023 No Comments
Remove WP Mail Logging Plugin Data
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove WP Mail Logging Plugin Data on Your WordPress Website

The WP Mail Logging plugin is one of the most popular and easy-to-use plugins for logging emails sent from your WordPress website. WP Mail Logging Plugin for WordPress As keeping a log of emails sent can quickly increase the size of your database, it is recommended that you check and adjust the log retention settings according to your needs. Navigate to Log Rention in the WP Mail Logging plugin. If you want to change to an SMTP plugin that includes built-in email logging or use a different solution, you should make sure that the database table the plugin is using

Sebastian Moran March 30, 2023 No Comments
How to Easily Check Your WordPress Site's Database Usage
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Get an Easy Overview of Your WordPress Site Database Usage

Keeping an eye on your WordPress site’s database usage helps you optimize it when needed. The latest plugin developed by 99w allows users to obtain a thorough overview of their database usage and the option to view the size of individual database tables within their WordPress site’s database. The plugin is called Database Table Overview and Logs and when installed and activated, it will add a new menu in wp-admin, “Database Table Overview & Logs.” The free version of the plugin includes several useful features, such as; List of all database tables, including name, size, and rows Preview a record

Sebastian Moran March 22, 2023 2 Comments
Remove Zero Spam Plugin Unused Data
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove Zero Spam Plugin Data on Your WordPress Website

A commonly used spam protection plugin is Zero Spam which has over 30k active installations. To avoid conflicts when switching from the Zero Spam plugin, it’s recommended to remove any remaining data before installing, activating, and setting up the new spam protection solution. The Zero Spam plugin uses a couple of custom database tables for storage; wp_zerospam_blocked_ips Wp_zerospam_log Suppose the custom database tables from the Zero Spam plugin are not automatically deleted when you uninstall it. In that case, you can use the WP-Optimize plugin or phpMyAdmin to locate them. By using any of them, you can delete the left-over

Sebastian Moran March 8, 2023 No Comments
Remove Loginizer Unused Data
Tips & Tricks
Sebastian Moran

How to Remove Loginizer Plugin Data on Your WordPress Website

The Loginizer plugin is commonly used for brute force protection, failed login attempt logs, and IP control on your WordPress site. The custom database tables that the Loginizer plugin uses are; wp_loginizer_logs loginizer_csrf_promo_time loginizer_backuply_promo_time loginizer_promo_time loginizer_ins_time Loginizer_2fa_whitelist The plugin should remove all stored option values from the site’s database during uninstallation. To delete the database tables, get into your database administrator, such as phpMyAdmin, and look for; loginizer_ When you uninstall a plugin in WordPress, deleting the database tables it created is a good idea. This practice has several benefits: Reduce Database Clutter: Database tables no longer in use can

Sebastian Moran March 6, 2023 No Comments
Important Updates
Dennis Dornon

🎉 Update Database for WooCommerce & Elementor Plugins from within MainWP

Following the release of MainWP 4.4, “Cache Control”, and “SSL Monitor” Extensions, yesterday, we released the Jetpack Scan and Jetpack Protect Extensions in partnership with Jetpack by Automattic. By combining our resources and knowledge, we created these two powerful Extensions that can help you keep your Child Sites safe from potential security threats. And, on the 4th day of our Anniversary Week, I am excited to announce one of the most requested features, “Database Updater”, for Elementor and WooCommerce plugins. The “Database Updater” is an Extension that detects if there are available updates to WooCommerce and Elementor plugin databases, so

Dennis Dornon February 23, 2023 6 Comments

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