Title: Logging Data
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Logging Data

 *  [chazmonro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chazmonro/)
 * (@chazmonro)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/logging-data/)
 * More of some consultation needed here really.
 * I’m working on a plugin that will track unique IP’s that visit a site and track
   when and if those IP’s convert. The first time a user enters the site the plugin
   records data and creates a record in the posts database table, however it also
   records some data in the post_meta table, it adds 4 records to the post_meta 
   table. If a conversion occurs it adds an additional 4 records to the post_meta
   table.
 * My concern is that after a while this is going to bloat those two tables in the
   database and cause problems for wordpress. Should I be using those tables or 
   should my plugin generate it’s own tables and record data there?
 * Either way, how should i keep the database size as small as possible, I worry
   about sites that might get thousands of hits a day. I’m worried the database 
   size would skyrocket out of control. What is the best way to manage size? My 
   clients want the data, they don’t want it to auto delete. Though I think maybe
   after 60 days or something it should auto delete.
 * Any advice or ideas?
 * Thanks.

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