Title: Auto-loading options create significant database bloat
Last modified: May 6, 2026

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# Auto-loading options create significant database bloat

 *  [Theo Gkitsos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theogk/)
 * (@theogk)
 * [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-loading-options-create-significant-database-bloat/)
 * Hello guys, you really need to solve this. There was a related topic recently
   that you marked as “resolved” while it’s not, so I open a new one.
 * There are hundreds of `_boxnow_parcel_order_id_* ` options inside the wp_options
   table, and the worst part is that they are autoloading. This means that in every
   page load we load these useless options, hurting the db performance.
 * First of all, if you need to create such kind of options with the parcel id (
   a dynamic part), you should not place them in the wp_options table. This is not
   the right place, use your own table, or the order meta table.
 * Also, even if you use the wp_options, please dont make these options to autoload,
   but set them `autoload=>false` so that they load only when needed by your plugin.
   You should read the update_option() documentation [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_option/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_option/)
   for better understanding. Changing the autoload mode is a quick and easy fix,
   and I think you should consider it asap, because you are increasing the db load
   on all eshops.
 * Thank you

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 * Last reply from: [Theo Gkitsos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theogk/)
 * Last activity: [1 week, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-loading-options-create-significant-database-bloat/)
 * Status: not resolved