WordPress capability question

  • I guess this is a ‘support’ type of question… I’m wondering what WP’s capabilities are with regards to continually adding and removing things from the database. I searched and didn’t find a lot of info, perhaps I wasn’t searching in the right places. In my situation I’m dealing with a plug-in called Jigoshop and I’m selling new music gear. I’d like to sell used gear, as well…; but there may be LOTS more of it and it’ll basically be gone once it’s sold (meaning: there’s no need to keep certain Jigoshop ‘product’ pages around after the used item has sold). My questions are:

    When I remove a ‘product page’ does it *really* remove everything from the database in a way that doesn’t slow the db down?

    Note: This question isn’t so much geared at Jigoshop as it is as WP, in other words, what happens to a WP database when pages or posts are removed?

    Can WP handle this kind of continuing activity?

    What, if any, are the down sides of this amount of activity and how can I overcome them (if possible)?

    Thanks in advance and please excuse me if this has been asked many times before (I couldn’t find answers that gave me the info I’m seeking).

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  • When I remove a ‘product page’ does it *really* remove everything from the database in a way that doesn’t slow the db down?

    That is a question you need to ask of the Jigshop developers.

    Can WP handle this kind of continuing activity?

    Yes. That’s how database driven sites are supposed to work.

    Thread Starter AMSguy

    (@amsguy)

    Thanks for the quick response!

    I’m not sure the question is for Jigoshop, though, I have asked a few questions over there, as well. The reason I say it isn’t a JS issue is because JS appears to use WP’s wp_meta table for storing the product page info. In my mind that would seem to indicate that it’s more of a WP issue with respect to how the stuff is moved into and out of the database. I’m questioning this because of things I’ve read about WP ‘revisions’ and how all the data may not be completely removed from the database (maybe this isn’t true in newer versions of WP?). I’m wondering if the same sort of thing may be at play here.

    Even if Jigoshop uses the wp_options table, it’s down the plugin as to whether those entries are removed on product deletion.

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