Title: Huge database table Last modified: April 20, 2025 --- # Huge database table * Resolved [Pierre236](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/) * (@pierreto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/) * Hello, * I use Widget Option on just a few old articles on my website. * But I’ve just discovered today that a table called widgetopts_global_categories * is taking up more and more space in my database; it’s now the second largest table. * Where does it come from and how can I delete it or reduce its size? * Thank you Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Plugin Author [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * (@mej) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18427247) * Hi [@pierreto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/), * Thanks for reaching out to our support threads! Could you please try reinstalling the plugin and let us know if this resolves the issue? Looking forward to your update! * Kind Regards, Mej, Widget Options Team - This reply was modified 1 year ago by [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/). * Thread Starter [Pierre236](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/) * (@pierreto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18428498) * Hi Mej, * I deleted the plugin and the table was reduced by half, but when I reinstalled it, it went back to how it was before. * Plugin Author [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * (@mej) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18428897) * Hi [@pierreto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/), * Thanks for the update! It seems that the large database size might be related to how Widget Options functions. Could you please confirm if the size increase caused by the Widget Options plugin is affecting your website’s performance? * If so, we’ll go ahead and relay this to our dev team to explore the possibility of optimizing or reducing the database usage. Looking forward to your response! * Regards, * Thread Starter [Pierre236](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/) * (@pierreto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18430406) * Hello Mej, * I don’t know how this affects the site’s performance, but it’s always good to be able to control the size of the database, especially since it’s a plugin I no longer use. I just have some old articles with it. * I said that widgetopts_global_categories was in second place, but there is also widgetopts_global_taxonomies in fourth place. * Combining the two means that your plugin is the one taking up the most space in the database! * ‘We’ll go ahead and relay this to our dev team to explore the possibility of optimising or reducing the database usage.’ * Yes, you should do that! * Plugin Author [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * (@mej) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18431017) * Hi [@pierreto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/), * We got a word from our devs. Widget Options does not create any database tables. * Widget Options saves data to the “option” table if it’s related to widgets. If it’s post block data, we save it to the “post” table. And for Widget Options settings, we also save them to the “option” table. * Let us know if you have any further questions or if there’s anything else we can assist you with! * Thread Starter [Pierre236](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/) * (@pierreto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18432792) * Hi Mej, * I think widgetopts_global_categories and widgetopts_global_taxonomies are tables from your plugin! * When I made search about those tables, I found think about widget option. - This reply was modified 1 year ago by [Pierre236](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/). * Plugin Author [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * (@mej) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18433213) * Hi [@pierreto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/), * Our dev’s follow-up response, the **“widgetopts_global_categories”** is simply a keyword used by the plugin to store category-related cache. Its purpose is to optimize performance by caching data on your website and it does **not** create or store database tables. * Thanks and let us know if you need more clarifications into this. - This reply was modified 1 year ago by [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/). * Thread Starter [Pierre236](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/) * (@pierreto) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18436765) * Then why widgetopts_global_categories and widgetopts_global_taxonomies are tables who take the biggest place on my website? * Then, can I delete this tables? * Plugin Author [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * (@mej) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18436840) * Hi [@pierreto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/), * It may seem that the old articles on your website are taking up space. We recommend backing up your website’s data first before deleting these tables, as this might affect some of your articles. * Thanks, and let us know how it goes on your end! * Plugin Author [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * (@mej) * [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18452084) * Hi [@pierreto](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pierreto/), * Just checking in. Were you able to delete the `widgetopts_global_categories` and `widgetopts_global_taxonomies` tables? Let us know if this resolves the big database size on your website. * Kind Regards, Mej, Widget Options Team Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) The topic ‘Huge database table’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/widget-options/assets/icon-256x256.gif?rev=2513739) * [Widget Options – Advanced Conditional Visibility for Gutenberg Blocks & Classic Widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-options/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-options/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-options/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-options/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-options/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-options/reviews/) * 10 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Mej de Castro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mej/) * Last activity: [1 year ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/huge-database-table/#post-18452084) * Status: resolved