Title: Defunct entries in /wp-admin/options.php
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Defunct entries in /wp-admin/options.php

 *  [TinPianoMan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tinpianoman/)
 * (@tinpianoman)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defunct-entries-in-wp-adminoptionsphp/)
 * Some of my sites are built using clones of my previous sites. Looking in /wp-
   admin/options.php I’ve just discovered several stale entries for long deleted
   themes and plugins.
 * Most of this is unimportant, but there are also text entries with urls, so the
   sensible thing seems to be to clean this file out.
 * How do I go about removing items that are included?
 * Are there any precautions I need to be aware of, besides the obvious back up 
   before editing golden rule?

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defunct-entries-in-wp-adminoptionsphp/#post-5927838)
 * Try this plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sweep/)
 * It should remove the orphaned options, and it uses core functions, so it’s relatively
   safe.
 * Make sure you backup first: [https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defunct-entries-in-wp-adminoptionsphp/#post-5927838)
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