Title: Database management feature request
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Database management feature request

 *  Resolved [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-management-feature-request/)
 * Revisions are really taking a toll on my database. I have set the max amount 
   of revisions for WordPress to keep and yet its still filling up. I would be nice
   to see some database cleanup utilities that let you set it to delete all revisions
   on posts that haven’t been edited for ‘such’ days. Also, it should check for 
   used data in the database and if its not used it will be removed on a set cleanup
   date. (Also configurable). Mainly, there needs to be some better ways to clean
   the database and keep it small. You should also have the option for separate 
   databases for different tables. So you could have your post data on a separate
   database. This would make it easier for the users with limited database size.
   It could also speed up the database. I know many people don’t even bother looking
   at the database or cleaning it out, but there are advantages to it. Backups will
   take less space, speed, performance, spam is removed, etc. Much requested feature,
   I know you could do it.
    Best content manager ever thanks for it! – Zach

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 *  [gerald@WPcustoms](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geeman12030/)
 * (@geeman12030)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-management-feature-request/#post-3280230)
 * Hi Zach,
    there are a few great plugins around for cleaning up the database (
   post revisions etc.) WP-optimize will do exactly what you are looking for: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-optimize/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-optimize/)
 * the WP database is split into several tables which holds your website data. All
   your posts are saved in “wp_posts”
    as far as I remember you can backup specific
   tables with this plugin: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/)
 * hope that helps 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [Zachary DuBois](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zachary-dubois/)
 * (@zachary-dubois)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-management-feature-request/#post-3280247)
 * It would be nicer if WordPress added this in because I don’t want to trust my
   database with another plugin that could mess all of my work up. Plus, most plugins
   don’t uninstall correctly by removing their information from the database.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-management-feature-request/#post-3280248)
 * Unlikely to happen. WP shouldn’t be used to manage a database, that’s what DB
   software like phpMyAdmin are for. You can limit revisions already, and WPs DB
   is really quite small compared to many other CMS.
 * By the way, splitting your posts to its own DB won’t change the overall size 
   of everything combined, but I think you actually can do that already.

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-management-feature-request/#post-3280248)
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