What are WordPress orphaned term meta and how to clean them?

The term metadata is the information that is provided for each taxonomy term. This information usually includes additional data that is not stored in the terms table of WordPress. In some cases, some term metadata information becomes orphaned and does not belong to any taxonomy term. They are then called “orphaned term meta” and should…

What are WordPress orphaned user meta and how to clean them?

The user metadata is the information you provide to viewers about each user. This information usually includes additional data that is not stored in the users’ table of WordPress. In some cases, some user metadata information become orphaned and does not belong to any user. They are then called “orphaned user meta” and should be…

What are WordPress trackbacks and how to clean them?

Trackbacks allow you to notify other website owners that you have linked to their article on your website. Read more These trackbacks can be used to send huge amounts of spam. Spammers use them to get their links posted on as many sites as possible. That is why they should be deactivated/cleaned if you do…

What are WordPress pingbacks and how to clean them?

Pingbacks allow you to notify other website owners that you have linked to their article on your website. Pingbacks were designed to solve some of the problems that people saw with trackbacks. Although there are some minor technical differences, a trackback is basically the same things as a pingback. Read more These pingbacks can be…

What are WordPress orphan comments meta and how to clean them?

The comment metadata is the information you provide to viewers about each comment. This information usually includes the author of the comment, when it was written (or posted), etc. In some cases, some comment metadata information becomes orphan and does not belong to any comment. They are then called “orphan comment meta” and should be…

What are WordPress dashboard transient feeds and how to clean them?

A transient is a way for storing cached data temporarily in your database by giving it a name and a timeframe after which it will expire and be deleted. To clean this dashboard transient feeds, you can either use our plugin Advanced Database Cleaner or execute the following SQL code (which is used by the…

What are WordPress orphan relationships and how to clean them?

Sometimes the ‘wp_term_relationships’ table becomes bloated with many orphaned relationships. This happens particularly often if you’re using your site not as a blog but as some other type of content site where posts are deleted periodically. Over time, you could get thousands of term relationships for posts that no longer exist which consumes a lot…