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Looking to purchase this plugin today… I am using WP Super Cache will your plugin do the same as this Cache plugin that i wont need it anymore or it;s better to have both
Please, read the plugin description before buying. It has nothing in common with WP Super Cache, and it does a completely different things.
no problem… I will purchase this since I need to clean and also get my site faster. I am not a total beginner but this is not a complicated plugin to work with right?
No, it is simple to use, but make sure to read the information provided with each cleanup tool. To be extra safe, backup your database before the cleanup, and read the PDF included.
Is this still working on newest version?
Newest version? If you mean WordPress, then yes, that is already stated in the list of supported versions on the plugin description page.
Does your plugin delete orphan tables from deleted sites on wpms? Tks!
Not right now. I hope to have this added for next major update.
Hi,
Can the plugin detect orphan tables?
No. There is no way to do that really, there is no central way to know which tables belong to which plugin.
Milan
Hello, Is the plugin still working with the latest wordpress version? Is it complitable with wp super cache and yoast seo plugins? Is it still being updated?
Yes, plugin is very much alive, and there will be new update next week. Plugin works with any plugin you might have, it is not dependent on any third party plugin.
Pre Question -
Will this plugin find and remove unused WooCommerce images? We regenerated thumbnails and have 160,000 images that are unused in our files.
There is no way to remove these images with complete certainty. My plugin can clean things based on the database, it can’t know what files on your system belong to what or if they are used or not.
ok i understand. thank you for your reply. the only problem is that 2 weeks has passed and users registeered to the site and i cant just roll back. i found out about that issue now because its something very specific. i didnt do any other chnage to the site. In that case i guess that the least i can do is get refunded for these plugins. I will need to hire a programmer to fix the issue as well. do you do such projects?
I don’t take any new projects right now.
Whatever problem is, most likely it is related to post meta table, and you can compare backup with current table to get post meta data missing for the posts at the time of using the Cleanup Tools.
As I said, plugin no longer removes empty records from postmeta table, and that was most likely the issue.
Ever since i used this plugin and the clean plugin woocommerce and wc vendors pro stopped functioning properly – every sale made on the site is not recorded in commisions or shown into wc vendors pro – it woked perfectly before using your plugin. I just used your defaults/ I must have my site back to work as I have many vendors and none of them sees their selling . I am so sorry i purchased your products and used them as it ruined my life’s work. I have no way to fix it now. Please assist asap. Thank you
There was an issue with previous plugins versions with a cleanup tool removing empty meta records, but that tool is removed in plugin version 4.4. And plugin documentations and options panels state that you should always create database backup before running any of the tools to avoid issues with lost data. If you did not created backup, you can’t restore lost data.
Hi, I use your plugin every day. It is one of the best plugins 
Nevertheless, I have a suggestion: in the scheduler there should be an option to remove attachments (missing parent posts and unattached images).
Thanks!
Removal tools are ‘destructive’, they delete data that can be used, so I decided that every such tool requires user confirmation before deletion, so it can’t be scheduled. Attachment, even if it is not having parent post, it can be still used in other posts, so there is no 100% sure way to say it is not used.
I don’t plan to add removal tools to scheduler to avoid potential destruction of usable data.
Regards, Milan
I understand. One reason I asked is, the process is extremely slow, maybe 20 deletions per hour on a managed server, PHP 5.5, mySQL 5.6. If you have 5000 images to delete ….. this could take a while.
The process is fast, and if it is that slow on your website, something is wrong. Plugin depends on WordPress to delete files, and it does get slower when you have a lot of images (WordPress does few things when removing images), but it can’t be that slow. I used that tool last week to remove 500 images, and it took 3 minutes on VPS server.
Maybe you have some plugin that is hooked into WordPress deletion or something else to cause the process to be so slow.
Milan
I wrote you an e-mail.
Hi,
PHP info is not helpful here. As I explained, WordPress is actually used to delete images, and the process can be slow because WordPress is not only deleting files, it is also making changes in database and checking some things too. But, it can’t be that slow. Since you have managed server, you can see if there is a way to determine what exactly is slow part of this process, where does the script looses so much time on. Also, I remember some instances where WordPress is configured to use FTP layer to write files (due to file system access restrictions), and in that case deletion is very slow, since each time it needs to open new FTP connection, and deleting on attachment file is not deleting one file only, it is deleting multiple thumbnails WordPress generates for each image.
We need to determine why the process is so slow, and as I said, it doesn’t have much to do with my plugin, since my plugin is not doing the deleting, it is done by WordPress.
Milan
No, my plugin can clean database. What you have here is the problem with the theme or some plugin adding the code that loads that image.
I see. Do you have a plugin that can solve this? Thanks!
No, there is no plugin for something like that, you need to inspect your theme (or plugin that might be doing it) to find what loads that image.
Great plugin, and thus far has been well worth the money.
Feature request: looking for the ability to set a limit of post / page revisions and to delete the revisions more than that number. Yes, there are other plugins that do the job, but it would probably be an easy tool to incorporate into the already-excellent job you have =)
Thanks! As for the feature, check out my other plugin that has over 70 tweaks included, with the posts revision control: Smart Admin Tweaks – http://codecanyon.net/item/smart-admin-tweaks/3777002 .
We are hosted at wpengine and they only let scripts run up to a minute. Will this be an issue, or does the plugin use ajax requests to do what it needs to? I would hate to buy just to have the tools timeout.
If the timeout is the problem, only first run might cause problems. From experience, when you cleanup database first time there will be most garbage to remove. But, you can run it partially, one or two tools at the time.
Later with regular cleanups, it takes few seconds usually to clean.
Milan
Hi I bought your plugin, but it does not at all look like on the screenshots, did not help anything and does not even clean the wp options table (which is the reason why I bought it bc I have so many orphaned things there). Please give me instruction what might be wrong or refund me my money!!
If you have read the description for the plugin, all (and absolutely all) plugin features – cleanup tools are lists there, and there is nothing saying that it can clean options table. And screenshots are all correct, I am not sure what is looking wrong.
Options table can’t be cleaned directly, and I have other plugin for tracing usage of options table (that is the only way to do it) – Smart Options Optimizer, and that plugin is more complex and requires more work.
Very Bad plugin, it destroys my website, I was glad I had a backup of my site. After backup my site, I have removed the plugin
Hi,
There is no way the plugin can destroy the website, it deletes what you select for deletion. I personally use it on more than 15 websites on a weekly basis and so far no other user reported any problem so drastic as destroyed website, and plugin has over 400 users so far and very high ratings.
Can you tell me what tools did you use from the plugin? Only destructive tools are on the Removal panel and they are clearly marked and explained and they say about the need for backup if you run something you regret later.
Regards, Milan
Hi Milan I frequently use your plugin. At the moment I’m cleaning images with the “missing parent posts” tool. This process works extremely slowly, maybe 1 entry per minute (there are 2500 entries left). Is this normal behavior? Thank you http://www.wirtschaft.com
Hi
Well, SQL query for this tool is a bit on the slow side, and it also needs to delete files from the disk, and it hooks into WordPress to remove database entries and other stuff. It is slower than some other tools, but it shouldn’t be so slow.
I am not sure what can be causing it to be so slow, as I did tests with 200 images, and it took about 30 seconds if I remember correctly.
You should check MySQL log for issues that might explain this.
Milan
Hi Milan, thank you very much for your answer.
Hi Milan I used “Missing file from disk” and get this: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 90 bytes) in /home/public_html/wp-includes/meta.php on line 826
There are 30000 images.
Thanks for reporting, I will see about increasing memory limit and implementing some inner cache cleanup since WordPress uses internal cache for some of the functions my plugin uses for cleanup. Hopefully, I will be able to get new version out by Monday.
Milan
This sounds promising 
I’m looking forward to the new version.
Works like a charm: http://www.k.ht
Great!
Hi – presales question
Using WooCommerce and when products are deleted, the images from those products are not deleted from the media library (or web server naturally).
Need to know if your plugin here is able to delete them all. My client has a few thousand images on the server that are not linked to anything as the products are long deleted.
Look forward to your reply or alternative suggestion, as none of the free plugins in WordPress repository actually do this task correctly.
Thanks.
Hi,
Yes, my plugin can remove images that are in media library and not attached to posts anymore. But, make sure to understand that plugin can’t detect if the image is used somewhere on the website, only if it is attached or not attached to the post.
Regards, Milan
i would love to said this tools work perfectly on removing my draft ….. with other tools. it will clean draft but it take properly half an hour to 5000 draft (but only delete half) and crash or overload my server (16gb ram).... with this, i can get prepare with 1 minute and clean in 1.5 minute.
Just here to said thank you well done
I am glad it worked well for you, it is important to keep the database clean, all sorts of junk can fill and slow down database over time.
Will this also work on huge database (4 GB+) with thousands of woocommerce products? I need to clean of some “empty” taxonomies and relationships
Hi,
No reason not to work. I have tested with 2 large databases (each one close to 2GB), and it worked fine. It could take a bit more time to finish, but in general database size is not a big issue.
Regards, Milan
hi i buy ins, but
build my first website to make settings
I don’t understand any of this.
If you make the plug-in settings , I Purchasing
Still I have no idea what your question is.
Can it clean up opencart db from bad imported data etc..
Hi,
This is plugin for WordPress only.
Regards, Milan
