Your WordPress database is storing thousands of records that will never be used again.
Post revisions. Expired transients. Spam comments. Orphaned metadata.
Here's what that's costing you π§΅
Step 4: Reduce queries at the source.
Page caching = biggest win for frontend visitors.
Object caching (Redis or Memcached) = biggest win for admin, WooCommerce checkout, and any page that can't be cached.
Database bloat comes back gradually.
Set a monthly reminder to run DB Optimizer. 10 minutes of maintenance beats one emergency!
Full steps to fix your slow database here: duplicator.com/wordpress-datβ¦
Your WordPress database is storing thousands of records that will never be used again.
Post revisions. Expired transients. Spam comments. Orphaned metadata.
Here's what that's costing you π§΅
Duplicator handles 3 things automatically on staging:
β Search engines blocked from indexing
β Outgoing emails disabled (no accidental customer emails)
β Database isolated with a unique prefix