Title: Wordbase Database growing exponentially
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Wordbase Database growing exponentially

 *  Resolved [kntdan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kntdan/)
 * (@kntdan)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordbase-database-growing-exponentially/)
 * I just updated my wordpress and now the MySQL database is growing exponentially.
   I am not even sure where to start looking. Can someone point out to me how to
   start troubleshooting this? The only one to post to our WordPress is me so I 
   don’t understand.
    Dan

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 *  [Michael Torbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hallsofmontezuma/)
 * (@hallsofmontezuma)
 * WordPress Virtuoso
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordbase-database-growing-exponentially/#post-1700689)
 * What about the database is growing? The filesize, rows, etc?
 *  [webjunk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webjunk/)
 * (@webjunk)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordbase-database-growing-exponentially/#post-1700745)
 * Most likely its because of the draft revisions. You can delete those if not needed.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordbase-database-growing-exponentially/#post-1700753)
 * Or install a plugin to control them.
 * Revision Control: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/revision-control/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/revision-control/)
 *  Thread Starter [kntdan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kntdan/)
 * (@kntdan)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordbase-database-growing-exponentially/#post-1700872)
 * Thanks for the replies.
    It was the tables that were growing. I had inherited
   a website and the previous webmaster had made a MySQL database naming it wordpress.
   So I had assumed, until I looked further, it was only for our WordPress module.
   They had also added a Forum to the site and included the same MySQL database 
   to cover both, WordPress and the Forum. So looking at it with the support of 
   our ISP we realized it was the forum that was infested with an expanding virus.
   I dumped the forum module and dropped the PHPBB tables and all is well. Thanks
   again for the response.

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordbase-database-growing-exponentially/#post-1700872)
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