{"id":2293,"date":"2011-07-01T09:13:11","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/?p=2293"},"modified":"2014-12-04T13:16:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T20:16:20","slug":"prevent-wordpress-database-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxtc.com\/wpblog\/wordpress\/prevent-wordpress-database-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent WordPress Database Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you use WordPress to manage a website, thanks to their auto-save feature, and the fact that it stores every revision you ever make, the database can grow quite large.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, I can tell you from experience, that someday, when you least expect it and can least afford it, your large database filled with old junk you don&#8217;t need will become corrupted or broken, leading to eventual backup, restore, or changing hosts, or some other  problem. 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