tons of transient records and backup entries in wp_options

  • Resolved franks_beekeepergroup

    (@franks_beekeepergroup)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    We just had a site go down and found there were over 100,000 entries in the wp_options table with “list-tweets” in option name… about half were transients and half were backups of some sort. The server was bombing because the system was running out of memory trying to load wp_options on page loads.

    We’ve removed all the transient entries and the site came back up, but there are still a ton of -backup entries. Are those safe to delete from the DB? Any idea what might be causing all the record generation (or missed cleanout/expiration?)

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  • Plugin Author Team Startbit

    (@vivacityinfotechjaipur)

    Hi franks_beekeepergroup,
    Greetings !!

    Thanks for using our plugin.

    I have checked your issue and found that WordPress uses DB entries called ( _transients ) to cache certain data. Cached entries are by default. There are few plugins which uses Transients API to get cached data. Unfortunately, either due to a bug in WordPress, or something left out of those plugins, this cached info doesn’t seem to be deleted after it’s designated expiration time/date ( _transients ) have a set expiration time. These entries may sometimes cause your blogs to crash. You get memory errors when trying to access the site.

    It is 100% safe to optimize your table by removing all _transient_ entries. If you have removed all the transient entries but there are still a ton of -backup entries. You can remove all ( -backup entries ) from DB , It is safe.

    Please Let us know if you need more help.

    Thanks & Regards
    Team Vivacity

    Plugin Author Team Startbit

    (@vivacityinfotechjaipur)

    Hi franks_beekeepergroup,
    Greetings !!

    It is 100% safe to optimize your table by removing all _transient_ entries by manually or by using plugins.

    Its fully safe.

    Thanks & Regards
    Team Vivacity

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