Title: My SQL Database Fragmentation
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# My SQL Database Fragmentation

 *  [lisar915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisar915/)
 * (@lisar915)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-sql-database-fragmentation/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I notice that when I want to publish a post, or when I want to assign categories
   to my posts, it seems to take forever. A fellow blogger friend tells me it’s 
   because the database, over time becomes fragmented, and that it happens with 
   several blogging programs. I tried going into my cpanel, clicking my php admin,
   then clicking to optimize the database, but still nothing has changed. Would 
   anyone here know what else I can try?
 * Thanks.
    Lisa

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-sql-database-fragmentation/#post-280655)
 * How many update services are you pinging in Options/Writing?
 *  Thread Starter [lisar915](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisar915/)
 * (@lisar915)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-sql-database-fragmentation/#post-280836)
 * Actually, I had it set up to ping quite a few of them. I deleted all of them 
   except for Pingomatic, and now the problem is fixed.
 * Thanks Nacmanx!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-sql-database-fragmentation/#post-280837)
 * Yes, beware of pinging multiple update services. [As you can see](http://pingomatic.com/),
   Pingomatic pings quite a few update services on its own. Pinging multiple update
   services can have a significant impact on your posting time. And pinging an update
   service more than once consecutively, could result in your IP and blog being 
   banned from the update service.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/my-sql-database-fragmentation/#post-280837)
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