Title: wp_postmeta – excessive database
Last modified: June 19, 2020

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# wp_postmeta – excessive database

 *  Resolved [mrc17](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrc17/)
 * (@mrc17)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_postmeta-excessive-database/)
 * Hi guys,
 * Thanks for the awesome plugin.
 * I was trying to clean up my SQLdatabase (140go which I know is huuuge) so I installed
   WPoptimize.
 * When I first installed the plugin it told me there was 32.000 postmeta to be 
   deleted.
 * I then launched the optimization (only the ones without the “careful” icon), 
   reloaded the page and the 32k postmeta to be deleted disappeared.
 * What’s weird is that WPoptimize says my database is 162Mo, however, on my CPanel
   account I can the mySQL datat is still 143Go. How can that be? I only have that
   one site associated with this database.
 * Thanks a lot for your help.
 * Regards,
    Marc
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwp_postmeta-excessive-database%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [induwarajayaweera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/induwarajayaweera/)
 * (@induwarajayaweera)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_postmeta-excessive-database/#post-13015456)
 * Most hosting providers don’t update these stats stuff immediately. It will sync
   after some time.
 *  [Marc Lacroix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcusig/)
 * (@marcusig)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_postmeta-excessive-database/#post-13051959)
 * Hi Marc, Sorry for the delay in responding.
 * WP-Optimize will only add the size of the tables that belong to the WordPress
   install (those with the corresponding prefix – ex. `wp_`).
 * What does it say when you use phpmyadmin for example?
 * Marc.

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 * Last reply from: [Marc Lacroix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcusig/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_postmeta-excessive-database/#post-13051959)
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