Title: Database size issue
Last modified: December 30, 2020

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# Database size issue

 *  Resolved [Fyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fyn/)
 * (@fyn)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-size-issue-2/)
 * Hello there,
 * Thanks for creating this plugin, I found the user interface quite user friendly
   and well arranged.
 * Now that I got everything set up and going I’ve noticed that my database grew
   insanely large to roughly 500MB. The wp_options table has a lot of options prefixed
   wphb_cache_preload_batch_. It shocked me quite a bit, because I was not expecting
   the plugin to store that much in the database. Increasing cost of database hosting
   might be another issue that comes along with sudden increase of size like that.
 * Is it possible to get back to my original database size? Do I have to disable
   the preload or any other feature? Can the amount of data stored be avoided or
   can this plugin not be used otherwise?
 * Thanks for your help!

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 *  Plugin Support [Patrick – WPMU DEV Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpmudevsupport12/)
 * (@wpmudevsupport12)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-size-issue-2/#post-13852198)
 * Hi [@fyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fyn/)
 * Sorry to hear you are having this issue.
 * Can you please navigate to the Hummingbird > Advanced Tools > Site Health and
   flush the preload and assets cache?
 * You can disable the Hummingbird Preload, this function is mainly used for small
   websites that not receive multiple visits. In case your website receives multiple
   users you can let the plugin cache the content on the fly.
 * Let us know the result you got.
    Best Regards Patrick Freitas
 *  Thread Starter [Fyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fyn/)
 * (@fyn)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-size-issue-2/#post-13853262)
 * Hello Patrick,
 * Yep, clearing that cache cleans it up nicely.
    I guess I’ll disable the preload
   feature then and see how it goes in terms of performance. I imagined there would
   be an advantage on first page load for a new user when having that option enabled.
 * Thanks!

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 * [db](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/db/)
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 * Last reply from: [Fyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fyn/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-size-issue-2/#post-13853262)
 * Status: resolved