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Hi there,
Recently I’ve noticed that my wp_postmeta table size is becoming increasingly huge that it’s being flagged by my hosting provider.
After doing some research online, I noticed that the table consists of 406692 records with the meta_key ‘rank_math_internal_links_processed’.
May I know what are the purpose of these records and can they be safely removed from the table?
Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you.
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting Rank Math and bringing your concern to our attention. I’m sorry for any inconvenience this issue may have caused you.
These entries are used by our plugin to see if the post in question has already had the internal links data processed. If you delete those entries our Link Counter module will not know which posts/pages are already processed and it will start processing them again upon editing your old posts.
However, it is safe to delete them. The only way to really get rid of these entries is to disable the Link Counter module in Rank Math > Dashboard and then delete those options from the post meta table.
Please note that we always recommend creating a backup first when working with databases and making such actions.
Hope that helps.
Thank you.
Hello,
The link counter is a Rank Math feature where you can view all the incoming, external, and incoming links on the post list view on your WordPress dashboard
For more information, here’s our guide you can check (if not yet):
https://rankmath.com/kb/link-counter/However, disabling that feature does not affect your site’s SEO as all your links are still intact on your posts and pages.
Hope that helps.
Thank you.
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