{"id":19003372,"date":"2026-08-26T09:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/ulc_code_-in-user-metadata\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T09:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:34:06","slug":"ulc_code_-in-user-metadata","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/ulc_code_-in-user-metadata\/","title":{"rendered":"ulc_code_ in user metadata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hi Uncanny Owl team,<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We use Uncanny Redemption Codes 5.0 with Gravity Forms. Our custom flow processes anonymous  redemptions through one shared WordPress user, which now has approximately 183,000  ulc_code_&lt;coupon_id&gt; rows in wp_usermeta. This causes WordPress metadata-cache queries to load all  those rows and significantly affects performance.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We noticed that the plugin also records redemptions in wp_uncanny_codes_usage, while the source describes ulc_code_* metadata as \u201cjust for backup.\u201d<br \/><br \/>  Could you please confirm:<br \/>  1. Is ulc_code_* used by any current functionality or recovery process?<br \/>  2. Can we safely delete these rows after verifying corresponding wp_uncanny_codes_usage records?<br \/>  3. Is there a supported way to disable the backup metadata write?<br \/>  4. Is using one shared WordPress user for anonymous redemptions supported?<br \/><br \/>  Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-19003372","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19003372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/19003372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19003372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}