AAA Option Optimizer

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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Reviewers say it does the job on bloated options tables and the developer answers fast, though a few hit runaway logs or database growth when leaving it running long term.

1. ★★★★★ ib.property

   2mo ago

   AAA Option Optimizer solved a problem I’d previously found unsolvable. The interface is clear, simple, logical, and comprehensive. Thank you!

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2. ★★★★★ melinahein

   9mo ago

   The plugin was great for short term use to figure out unused options from old plugins after clicking through each page. It really helped to reduce autoloaded options.When letting it run along for a while as suggested, though, it seems that its database saves were so large it caused our database to use up all the RAM and make our site unusable. So beware of that and only use it for a few days.Edit: The Developer reached out immediately and is working on the issue. Great support! This topic was modified 7 months, 1 week ago by melinahein.

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3. ★★★★★ momo-fr

   12mo ago

   Allows you to clean up the options on sites with a long history of themes and plugins installations.Very useful.

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4. ★★★★★ mattyscribs

   1.0y ago

   Under “Requested options that do not exist”, I’m not sure to trust setting these to false. Is there a way to revert any actions I take. How do I know if these actions are actually needed or do I just trust this plugin’s assessment that they are basically broken and so can be set to false? SOME EXAMPLES: Option: advancedexcerpt_length | Source: Unknown | # Calls: 904564Option: analyst_accounts_data | Source: Unknown | # Calls: 24907Option: analyst_notices | Source: Unknown | # Calls: 24907Option: code_embed_version | Source: Unknown | # Calls: 904564Option: https_migration_required | Source: Unknown | # Calls: 904564 Thanks for your help

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5. ★★★★★ Oxford Metadata Ltd

   1.1y ago

   I wonder how on earth a plugin tha promises to optimize the wp_options tables, stores 25MB of data in the option_value !!!! Maybe the guy who developed it does not understand the fundamentals of the internal database optimizers but such a huge deviation, totally ruins MariaDBs/MySQL internal optimizer. You see optimizers work on the assumption that in a table, the fields have somewhat related sizes. For more details please go to MariaDB Jira and check for cases MDEV-34097 and MDEV 32663If you add records with huge sizes (say > 100k) in wp_options table where each option is usually less than 30Bytes, then you have an issue. In our case the issue was caused by the very plugin that we used to monitor our options (that are by and large incorrect). Avoid it at all costs.

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6. ★★★★★ adcapaust

   1.1y ago

   Easily identified what was bloating my options table and allowed to set it to not autoload. Thank you!

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7. ★★★★★ esquipulas

   1.2y ago

   Installed it some times ago, worked well. Since some days generate a huge log saturating my server space disk (millions of lines …). Had to deactivate it.

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8. ★★★★★ Basta

   1.4y ago

   Very easy to use and it works very well. This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by Basta.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.6.1 Fix infinite recursion in option access monitoring that could cause a fatal error in certain hosting environments. = 1.6.0 Replace using ‘all’ filter for monitoring option usage with ‘pre_option’ filter for better perfor 1.6.1
2. — Version 1.5.1 Add “select all” checkbox. Fix table filtering by Source column. 1.5.1
3. — Version 1.5.0 Prefix the Datatables script slug to avoid conflict with other plugins. Add MainWP to known-plugins list Add SliceWP to known-plugins list Add more known prefixes for WooCommerce options Fixed a bug in bulk-actions 1.5.0
4. — Version 1.4.0 Performance improvements. Added bulk-actions to allow optimizing & deleting options in bulk. Added more known plugins. 1.4.0
5. — Version 1.3.2 Performance fix: Do not autoload the plugin option. 1.3.2
6. — Version 1.3.1 Fix JS error when deleting an option. 1.3.1

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 10 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-02-05 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-02-04 9K+ → 8K+ down after 16 days in tier
3. 2026-01-19 8K+ → 9K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2026-01-18 9K+ → 8K+ down after 4 days in tier
5. 2026-01-14 8K+ → 9K+ up after 11 days in tier
6. 2026-01-03 9K+ → 8K+ down after 18 days in tier
7. 2025-12-16 8K+ → 9K+ up after 140 days in tier
8. 2025-07-29 7K+ → 8K+ up after 75 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• W WP-Cleanup 400+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags D
• atec Database 70+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A

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AAA Option Optimizer: 9K+ active installs, 4.6★ (25 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/aaa-option-optimizer