wp_postmeta table continually crashes

  • CoryDobson

    (@corydobson)


    8 years, 8 months ago

    Just recently, all images on my site disappeared, including the html <img> tags, and after a lot of troubleshooting I figured out the wp_postmeta table had crashed and corrupted. In phpmyadmin I tried importing a backup of the database from prior to the issues, and it appeared to solve the problem, but within about 10-15 minutes the problem would come back. It also seems that immediately after importing the backed up database the site will work, but when I try logging in, it says a database update is required, and the table crashes immediately after doing the update.

    Other troubleshooting that I’ve attempted:
    1. Uploaded fresh copies of WordPress core files.
    2. Uninstalled all plugins
    3. Changed theme to twentyfifteen
    4. Re-saved permalinks
    5. Re-saved media options

    The problems persist wether it’s on our custom theme or the twentyfifteen theme, even if I change the theme/stylesheet from phpmyadmin without logging in and running the database update.

    Has anyone else run into this recurring problem before? Is there anyway to get a log of what is causing the table to crash?

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  • thehrisworld

    (@thehrisworld)

    7 years, 10 months ago

    Found your answered thread while trying to resolve the same problem we just started experiencing — we deleted rows for old items (previous themes, plugins) but to no avail. We thought one of the recent plugins might have been the problem — deactivating it only slowed how often it crashed. Deactivating all of them slowed the frequency of the crashes but not stopping them entirely. That leaves WP and the theme to look at… I dread the thought of having to have to rebuild the postmeta table from scratch.

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