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Optimize Wordpress Database Design


I'm using WordPress real estate theme. There are too many posts in post-meta table. Each property post produces more than 20 metas and go in that post meta table. So, if I have about 1million properties there might be more than 20 millions rows in post meta table. And. I think it might take longer to query post meta. Is there anyway to maintain database better than usual ways for wordpress?


Solution

  • A simple solution is removing unnecessary Posts and meta associated with it! But If you want to keep it all and work on database side, A simple plugin like WP-Sweep will help in cleaning up and optimising the tables in your database. Remember: always back up your database before you perform any maintenance