A hidden gem to maintain your WordPress database
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(@tneveu)
10 months, 1 week ago
The atec Database plugin is a fantastic little tool that saved me hours of frustration. After trying several other database management plugins—some of which caused more harm than good—atec came to the rescue.
With just one click, it cleared over 7,000 post revisions that were bloating my database. The tabbed interface makes it easy to navigate between cleanup tasks, from optimizing tables to fixing indexes and cleaning up comments. You can search, multi-select, and trash orphaned items, and more—no more going into your hosting company’s control panel and using the cumbersome PHPMyAdmin.
It even helped me remove leftover clutter from plugins I’d tried once and forgotten about. And for advanced users, there’s an option to run SQL commands directly or upload SQL files. Deleting transients and fixing auto-loaded options is a snap.
If you’re relatively new to WordPress databases, atec Database is a safe, user-friendly way to optimize your site. Always make a backup of your DB (it’s good practice) before doing major cleaning.
While the plugin is free, the “Pro” version unlocks a ton of extra features. Even better, it gives you access to the Pro versions of over 45 atec plugins via the Deploy plugin. You’ll need to explore their site to see how much is included.
The coding genius behind the plugins is incredibly responsive and helpful and is an email away, whether through the plugin support page or their site. And be sure to check out the caching plugins. My site speed improved by over 500%! Can’t beat that for the price.