Removing old_slug and old_date from WordPress Database

I am trying to clean my bloated database.

In the wp_postmeta table I see thousands of _wp_old_slug rows. I am not concerned about these old links not being redirected. What are the pros and cons of removing them?

See: https://www.farinspace.com/removing-wordpress-old-post-slug/

In the wp_postmeta table I see hundreds of _wp_old_date rows. I am not concerned about knowing when a post was originally written. I am only concerned about the most recent ‘published on’ date and want to continue displaying the most recent ‘published on’ date on posts. What are the pros and cons of removing them?

See: https://studiohyperset.com/wordpress-old-dates-historical-pre-1969-pre-1970-timestamp-function/#.Xv3KuyhKiUk

This website shows old tables and options rows developers often leave behind after uninstalling plugins, since WordPress does not require developers to give users the option of removing all data when uninstalling.

See: https://plugintests.com/

Any other suggestions to clean the database and to keep it clean? Thank you.

• This topic was modified 6 years ago by aaronwordpress.
• This topic was modified 6 years ago by aaronwordpress.