Hello @emmabrown1012 which app are you using to change settings for auto load? Does it have a Yes or No in it? You can simply change the heavy loads to No and that will take care of things. What is your total autoload all together? You can have up to 800,000 total bytes for most hosting companies.
The plugin I’m using is called Autoload Checker https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/autoload-checker/. It doesn’t have an option select No and turn heavy loads off, only to check the status. Do you know of a plugin that can help with this? Or another way to turn the heavy loads off?
@emmabrown1012 Perhaps a little late answer, but you can disable from the Site Health page which could be at yourwebsite/wp-admin/site-health.php and then click on the chevon for “Autoloaded options could affect performance”. The list should show the top autoloaded options, and you can here disable individual options.
The _transient_dirsize_cache option in a transient used to cache the size of a specific directory, usually within the WordPress uploads directory or other areas where disk space calculations are performed. (This paragraph I got from ChatGPT.)
@helijobs sorry, Site Health page doesn’t allow you to update the value.
AFAIK the only way to do it is directly in the database using phpmyadmin or another database editor which is not something I would recommend to non-technical users.
I had this issue and changed the autoload field to false for this item and it got rid of the error and I have not noticed any issues since doing it.
@kc3302 Thanks for clarifying, I realized that this feature comes from the “Performance Lab” plugin made by WordPress Performance Team https://make.ww.wp.xz.cn/core/2024/06/18/options-api-disabling-autoload-for-large-options/
It shows the options to update the value when the dirsize is above 800 kbytes.
Thanks for the plugin. That will make it much easier to change the value for people who don’t want to change the database directly.
Please tell me WHY a smart plugin like Site Health, which CLEARLY tells you you have an autoload problem, does NOT include the info that you need the Performance Lab plug in to fix it?????
THIS is why WordPress is so difficult. No communication. No leads. Been waiting for over 15 years for a WordPress official list of Plugins Everyone Should Have.
