Title: Database updates are required
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Database updates are required

 *  Resolved [dtandersongb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dtandersongb/)
 * (@dtandersongb)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-updates-are-required/)
 * I get the message : “Database updates are required, please go to settings page
   and update the following: search table”
 * However, when I click on the link to “settings page” there is no obvious means
   of “updating search table”.
 * Please explain what I need to do, and perhaps clarify this message in the next
   version of the plugin.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-statistics/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Greg Ross](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregross/)
 * (@gregross)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-updates-are-required/#post-6534585)
 * Go to the Statistics->Optimization->Database page, you’ll find the options there.
 *  Thread Starter [dtandersongb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dtandersongb/)
 * (@dtandersongb)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-updates-are-required/#post-6534660)
 * The only options on the Optimize -> Database page are :
 * Re-run Install -> Install now!
 * Search Table -> convert now!
 * So which of these is needed? Possibly the re-run install, but it’s not clear.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Greg Ross](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregross/)
 * (@gregross)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-updates-are-required/#post-6534664)
 * Search Table -> convert now!
 *  Thread Starter [dtandersongb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dtandersongb/)
 * (@dtandersongb)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-updates-are-required/#post-6534675)
 * OK. Thanks.

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## Tags

 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [search table](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/search-table/)
 * [settings page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/settings-page/)
 * [Updates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updates/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [dtandersongb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dtandersongb/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/database-updates-are-required/#post-6534675)
 * Status: resolved