Title: question
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# question

 *  Resolved [doc.ali.i7v](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docalii7v/)
 * (@docalii7v)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-69/)
 * i have a question not problem why does the plugin clean the Pingbacks and Trackbacks?
   i thought they are useful??
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Ruhani Rabin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruhanirabin/)
 * (@ruhanirabin)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-69/#post-4277222)
 * If you do not want to clean, it is up to you.. but there are some situations 
   where pingbacks and trackbacks can make the database intensely heavy.
 * Please note, automatic cleanup DOES NOT remove trackbacks and pingbacks. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [doc.ali.i7v](https://wordpress.org/support/users/docalii7v/)
 * (@docalii7v)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-69/#post-4277291)
 * okay thnx alot for the fast reply and the amazing plugin
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ruhani Rabin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruhanirabin/)
 * (@ruhanirabin)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-69/#post-4277292)
 * There will be a new version coming out soon with 3 more cleaning up options 🙂
   Thanks for being a user!

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## Tags

 * [pingbacks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/pingbacks/)
 * [trackbacks](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trackbacks/)

 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Ruhani Rabin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ruhanirabin/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-69/#post-4277292)
 * Status: resolved