Title: Database optimization failed
Last modified: August 5, 2026

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# Database optimization failed

 *  Resolved [truevladdracul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truevladdracul/)
 * (@truevladdracul)
 * [3 days, 8 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/)
 * After database optimization I got this error: **_“TranslatePress gettext database
   optimization failed. Error: Could not add the gettext originals lookup index:
   Specified key was too long; max key length is 1000 bytes.”_** How can I solve
   this? Thank you!

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 *  [wanderndeluxe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wanderndeluxe/)
 * (@wanderndeluxe)
 * [3 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/#post-18984301)
 * Some problem with one of my websites.
 *  Thread Starter [truevladdracul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truevladdracul/)
 * (@truevladdracul)
 * [3 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/#post-18984304)
 * Problem solved. I converted the entire MySQL Database Character Set & Collation
   to UTF8 and utf8_general_ci. After that the database optimization run well. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87qxdSrxKns](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87qxdSrxKns)
 *  Plugin Support [Anca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ancavictoria/)
 * (@ancavictoria)
 * [3 days, 2 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/#post-18984609)
 * Hello [@truevladdracul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truevladdracul/),
   [@wanderndeluxe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wanderndeluxe/) and [@truevladdracul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truevladdracul/)
   
   Thank you for reporting this issue to us!
 * This issue will be resolved in the next TranslatePress Multilingual update (3.3.1),
   which will be released in a few hours. Once you update to this version, everything
   should work correctly.
 * If you run into any issues using the new TranslatePress Multilingual 3.3.1 version,
   please don’t hesitate to reach out.
 * Thank you for your patience and understanding!
   Kind regards,
 * Anca
 *  Thread Starter [truevladdracul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truevladdracul/)
 * (@truevladdracul)
 * [3 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/#post-18984693)
 * [@ancavictoria](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ancavictoria/) I updated,
   works fine, problem solved. Thank you!
 *  Plugin Support [Anca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ancavictoria/)
 * (@ancavictoria)
 * [3 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/#post-18984712)
 * Hello [@truevladdracul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truevladdracul/)
 * Thank you for the feedback! I’m glad to hear it worked correctly after you updated
   to TranslatePress Multilingual 3.3.1.
 * Have a great day!
 * Kind regards,
 * Anca

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 * Last reply from: [Anca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ancavictoria/)
 * Last activity: [3 days, 1 hour ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-optimization-failed/#post-18984712)
 * Status: resolved