The website size is increasing everyday (not image caching)

  • Resolved myoussef96

    (@myoussef96)


    2 years, 9 months ago

    Hello,

    We started using this plugin on our website (pro version). However, since we started using it the website size is increasing everyday by about 100-200 MB. I already disabled the image caching option, so no new images are being saved to media, which made the size increase go down from almost 1 GB a day to this. I noticed from my DB dumps file that everyday new entries are added to wp_options everyday (e.g. pp_feed_data, transient_timeout_pp_feed_time) those are clearly from the podcast player but I don’t know how to disable that. would appreciate the help on this matter.

    Thanks in advance

    • This topic was modified 2 years, 9 months ago by myoussef96.
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  • Plugin Author Veda

    (@vedathemes)

    Hi there,

    Thanks for using podcast player on your website.

    1. Podcast player fetches and store podcast related data in pp_feed_data option. This optimizes website’s overall performance (otherwise, the feed xml file has to be downloaded and processed every time the podcast is displayed, which could create huge load on the website).

    2. Podcast player update the pp_feed_data after a prescribed interval (Dashboard > Podcast Player > Settings > Feed Update Interval). In order to do that, it download the fresh podcast data and replace the old pp_feed_data (only if there is any change).

    3. Usually feed XML size is not more than a few MBs (in fact KBs). However, in our present case it is 100-150 MB, which might be possible if there are a lot of podcasts on your website. Is my assumption correct?

    4. Also, the plugin replaces the data in the DB (not adding on top of previous). Therefore, this should not increase the overall size of the website on daily basis. Unless, some backup or other plugin is keeping the previous copy of the DB. Is it possible?

    Possible Solutions

    1. Please check if older DB copies are getting stored on your website? As I mentioned before, podcast player only replaces relevant DB data.

    2. If you are using a lots of podcasts, we can add a few lines of code to only update podcasts which are visited by your users. In other words, a podcast will only be updated when it is visited by a user.

    Please inform your thoughts on the above and how we can help you further. We will try our best resolve the issue.

    Note: We are not allowed to discuss pro related queries on this free forum. Therefore, for pro related queries just send me an email at [email protected] OR use contact form on our website. We will surely help you out.

    Thanks,

    Plugin Author Veda

    (@vedathemes)

    Closing this ticket as we are taking this issue separately over email.

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