WordPress Database – Delete Orphaned Postmeta

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WordPress Database – Delete Orphaned Postmeta

Delete Orphaned Postmeta

After deleting posts using SQL, you will be left with (potentially a LOT) of orphaned postmeta records. You don’t want that! It wastes space and clogs up site performance. Get rid!

From PLESK or CPANEL database web admin:

DELETE
FROM wp_postmeta
WHERE post_id NOT
IN (
SELECT ID
FROM wp_posts
);

** BACKUP YOUR DATABASE FIRST!

Please note: You should NEVER leave your tables with the default “wp_” prefix. Or have a user called “admin”, or a user with id=1. That’s just for start!
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q292u Has been involved in Computing for more years than he'll admit to. Very active in e-commerce, (eBay, Amazon FBA etc) and has been running Wordpress sites for many years. Always on the lookout for new opportunities. My day job is as IT Business Services Analyst, specialising in IFS ERP systems. Really. Oracle Database admin as well..

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