If your WordPress website is slow, the database is one of the most common reasons. Over time it can grow big, with lots of unnecessary data:
- Post revisions
- Unapproved or deleted comments
- Deleted posts
- Unused terms (categories, tags, custom taxonomies)
- Unused records in the options and postmeta tables
- Data from previously used plugins
- ... and more
The bigger the database is and the more "garbage" data it contains, the harder and slower it is to find the "good" data needed for each pageload, making your website slow.
Using SQL, we can identify and delete the "garbage" data.
However, it must be done carefully, with good understanding of what is safe to delete and what is still needed for correct operation of the website.
Contact me if you need help cleaning up and optimizing your WordPress database: