Deleting some rankmath wp_postmeta entries

  • Resolved TokoDaring.Com

    (@wpjakarta)


    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hello,

    i just want to asking is that okay if i delete some entries inside wp_postmeta for woocommerce product.

    the entries are :
    rank_math_facebook_enable_image_overlay
    rank_math_facebook_image_overlay
    rank_math_twitter_use_facebook
    rank_math_twitter_card_type
    rank_math_twitter_enable_image_overlay
    rank_math_twitter_image_overlay

    is there will be fatal error if i delete mentioned above entries ?

    since i’m running small local business and may be i will not share my product page to facebook or twitter. if i need to share, i will only share my homepage, landing page or my post.
    so it’s like i prefer to freeing and saving my database space.

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  • Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @wpjakarta

    Thank you for contacting the support and sorry for not following up quickly and any inconvenience that might have been caused due to that.

    These entries won’t impact the speed of your website in a massive way. These entries might make your DB smaller by a few KBs but that would be all.

    We would recommend following this guide instead:
    https://mythemeshop.com/blog/wordpress-speed-optimization/

    Hope that helps.

    May I chime in here?

    I want to delete unused post meta by RankMath because it is cumbersome to always scroll though loads of lines when inserting new dynamic data.

    So, please be so kind and let me know how I can achieve this.

    Thank you

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @zuma

    The Rank Math data is stored in the postmeta & termmeta table and all the keys are prefixed with rank_math_

    Not sure, which unused data you are referring to. You can search the meta with prefix rank_math and remove them.

    Hope that helps. Thank you.

    So, you recommend that I delete them manually in the database?

    I have migrated a site and am now using a Oxygen Builder. Meaning that I have more freedom to manage data, but also more clutter that I see while managing that data. Your old post meta is such clutter.

    Before you say that this is an issue with the builder: Nope, this is an issue with RankMath not cleaning up after itself.

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @zuma

    Please take a complete backup and if you want to delete all the data related to the Rank Math plugin then please add the following filter to your theme’s functions.php file:
    https://rankmath.com/kb/filters-hooks-api-developer/#clear-rm-data

    Disable the Rank Math plugin and then delete the Rank Math plugin.

    That should remove all the data related to the Rank Math plugin. Please stay advised that this process is irreversible.

    If you are not looking to remove all the data added by the Rank Math plugin, then you can remove the tables that you do not need. But, please be aware of what you are doing, otherwise, that could lead to a broken website/plugin.

    Hope that helps. Thank you.

    Thank you. I had added that to my functions.php before cinatcting you and the data is still there.

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @zuma

    Can you please activate the Rank Math plugin and then add the filter?

    Once added, clear the cache and then disable and delete the plugin.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

    I’d rather not install RankMath since I haven’t used it for about two years.

    And, what cache do you mean exactly?

    Plugin Author Rank Math SEO

    (@rankmath)

    Hello @zuma

    All the data will be deleted once you follow the outlined process.

    Otherwise, you would need to manually delete the entries from the database.

    Sometimes, we have noticed, that server-side cache hinders with the execution of the filters. But if that is not the case with you, you can simply follow the process.

    Looking forward to helping you. Thank you.

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