WordPress Maintenance

This section covers the ongoing tasks that keep a WordPress website running reliably over time. Topics include managing updates for WordPress core, themes, and plugins, setting up automated backups and recovery procedures, monitoring uptime, scheduling database maintenance, and handling the routine checks that prevent small issues from becoming serious problems.

A well-maintained WordPress site stays fast, secure, and stable. The guides here are written for website owners who want a clear, manageable maintenance routine rather than an overwhelming checklist — practical steps you can schedule and repeat without needing developer involvement for every task.

Whether you are maintaining a site you built yourself or taking over one that has been neglected, this section covers the processes and tools that keep WordPress websites healthy for the long term.

How to Clean Up and Optimise Your WordPress Database for Better Performance

June 12, 2026 by Etienne Basson

How to clean up and optimise your WordPress database for better performance

Over time, WordPress fills its database with post revisions, auto-drafts, spam comments, transient options, and orphaned plugin data. This guide explains how to clean up and optimise your WordPress database safely, reduce its size, and keep it lean going forward.

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