How to decrease wordpress database size

To decrease your wordpress database size follow the below steps.

1.AutoSave Interval

In wordpress when you editing a post, it automatically saves at a specific time interval. The default time is 60 seconds.To save your database just increase the time delay.To do this, Open your wp-config.php file and add the below code.

define('AUTOSAVE_INTERVAL', 500 );  // seconds

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Backup WordPress database

Wordpress database includes data such as your WordPress site settings, posts, pages and comments and settings for WordPress themes and plugins that you have installed.

Using WP-DBManager plugin

Author’s Description:
Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.

1.Download WP-DBManager plugin from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/

2.upload this plugin to www.yoursite.com\wp-content\plugins\ folder.
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