WordPress Database Cleanup: What’s Safe to Remove (and What Isn’t)
Wordpress database cleanup
Updated: December 28, 2025 • Use this as a practical workflow. Provider dashboards change—adapt the steps to your UI.
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Safe candidates
- Revisions (with limits)
- Transient options
- Orphaned tables after plugin removal (with caution)
Be careful
- WooCommerce tables
- Membership data
- Custom plugin tables
Best practice
- Backup before cleanup.
- Test on staging.
Next steps
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