Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% 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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1. ★★★★★ Anthony Hortin

   1.7y ago

   Plugin works exactly as described. Thanks! It was easy to configure and I especially like the ability to remove all revisions except for XX amount, which makes it great for cleaning up existing sites where you’ve reduced the number of revisions, but the database still contains heaps of older revisions.

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2. ★★★★★ copytrans

   2.0y ago

   I have used this plugin on 5 different multi-site wordpress and have achieved awesome results. Here’s the best one: 13779 revisions deleted database size reduced from 297MB to 65MB = 22% of original size!! this lead to an 11% speed gain (server side execution time to generate the page) we had such good results, because we had no limit on the number of revisions per post a few years back. wordpress does not automatically clean the revisions. The revisions for a post, only get cleaned up when you actually work on a post. In our case we had revisions from 2015 that were still encumbering the database. Those are the settings I used: Delete revisions of: POST, PAGE, USER_REQUEST, WP_BLOCK, WP_TEMPLATE, WP_TEMPLATE_PART, WP_GLOBAL_STYLES, WP_NAVIGATION, WP_FONT_FAMILY, WP_FONT_FACEDelete revisions older than: 720 daysMaximum number of - most recent - revisions to keep per post / page: 25Delete trashed items: YESDelete spammed items: YESDelete unused tags: YESDelete transients: NODelete pingbacks and trackbacks: YESClear oEmbed cache: NOKeep a log: YESOptimize InnoDB tables: YESNumber of excluded tables: 0 I’ve reviewed the plugin’s source code and tested it extensively and found out a few issues in the source code that I have shared with the maintainers. Overall, I think this plugin is safe to use, provided you backup your database before and that you fully understand what you’re doing.

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3. ★★★★★ ⠚⠁⠗⠇

   2.3y ago

   I tested this on two different sites, one almost clean, another one well up and running. The same result on both of them. Misconfigured references in the database and wordpress error messages. Its no longer possible to save data to the database. This obviously also includes trying to install or unistall plugins. The website is dead in the water.Been troubleshooting this for a while now, reading other users experiences with this plugin. The takeaway is that this is a kind of “Install and see how it goes” kind of deals.Sitting here waiting to load in my backup, but guess what 🙂This plugin used over 100.000 database-updates to run once. My webhost has a limitation on 100.000 udates pr. hour, so no backup goes back in for the next hour.If for some reason one of your hobbies are to run head first (as fast as you can) into a brick wall, and by that I mean try to install this plugin……..Pretty Please, with sugar on top, take a fresh backup 🙂

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4. ★★★★★ Das Capitolin

   3.3y ago

   I consider Optimize Database an essential plugin for every website.

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5. ★★★★★ wpprup

   3.7y ago

   I am using this plugin for years on a few websites, never had an issue. Very efficient. Thanks!

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6. ★★★★★ novakpeter

   4.2y ago

   Works like a breeze!

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7. ★★★★★ yevhenwordpress

   5.1y ago

   Just another good feedback about a useful plugin.

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8. ★★★★★ eerkan

   5.4y ago

   very good plugin, set up and it works automatically and clean the site.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 5.3.0 Fix issue where deactivation and uninstallation routines would not run as intended. oEmbed caches are no longer fully embedded in detail reports, but instead show stored HTML to save resources and improve security. Fix f 5.3.0
2. — Version 5.2.2 Some links looked like buttons. They’re now links. Fix sanitization for databases and table prefixes with capital letters. Removed unnecessary FROM clause in the table lookup query. 5.2.2
3. — Version 5.2.1 Add missing nonce on “Optimize DB (1 click)” admin bar link. Remove “Optimize” buttons from Log page. Fix PHP 8 Deprecation Notices. 5.2.1
4. — Version 5.2 NerdPress has adopted Optimize Database After Deleting Revisions! Read the announcement here. Security improvement: Additional CSRF hardening. Security improvement: Add capability checks. Security improvement: Improve sa 5.2
5. — Version 5.1.1 Security improvement: Hardens links to prevent CSRF. Security fix: Implements proper preparation of queries. 5.1.1
6. — Version 5.1 BUG FIX: Fixed the CSRF security issue 5.1

3 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 5.3 Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions <= 5.0.110 - Missing Authorization via 'odb_csv_download' ↗
   2023-10-03 Missing Authorization Affects <= 5.0.110 Patched in 5.1
2. Medium · 4.3 Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions <= 5.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'odb_start_manually' ↗
   2023-07-26 CVE-2023-25980 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 5.1.1 Patched in 5.2
3. Medium · 4.3 Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions <= 5.0.110 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via 'odb_csv_download' ↗
   2023-07-26 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 5.0.110 Patched in 5.1

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Translated into 59 languages, 16 at 90% or more

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2025-11-03 70K+ → 60K+ down after 328 days in tier
2. 2024-12-10 80K+ → 70K+ down after 318 days in tier
3. 2024-01-27 100K+ → 80K+ down

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).

• W WP Database Cleaner 200+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• W WUCO – WP Ultimate Cleanup & Optimization 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Aims Quick Cleanup Tools — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP-Sweep 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Search Regex 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A

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Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions: 60K+ active installs, 4.7★ (181 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/rvg-optimize-database