Is there a way to drop off old topics that are xyz days old for the sake of performance, my forum is growing rapidly and want to make sure it stays that way, so was curious if this feature exists
Well most forum admins are actually looking for ways to bring trafic and posts, in order to rank better in search engines.
If you have performance problems, there cheap ways in 2018 to solve it (a good hosting plan). No need to delete topics and posts.
I wish i had that problem also 🙂
There are no performance issues yet, but wanted to make sure I had a tool to prune if need be. It' a members only forum so again I dont want it to rank in search.
I'm sorry but there is no such feature. You can delete topics and posts using phpMyAdmin Database tools in your hosting Service cPanel. Always backup the database before doing any manipulation. Topics and posts are stored in wp_wpforo_topics and wp_wpforo_posts table. Don't forget delete all cache in Dashboard > Forums > Dashboard admin page before checking the result.
Yes Im aware I can do that but wanted an auto prune feature where I can just set a cut off date of 6 months for example.
Yes Im aware I can do that but wanted an auto prune feature where I can just set a cut off date of 6 months for example.
Ok, I see the purpose. I'm really sorry but we're not planning to add such option in near future releases. We'll take this under consideration for sure. At the moment I recommend install SQL Executioner plugin and execute purging SQL through Dashboard. So you don't have to open cPanel > phpMyAdmin database tool every time you need to purge.
Yes Im aware I can do that but wanted an auto prune feature where I can just set a cut off date of 6 months for example.
Ok, I see the purpose. I'm really sorry but we're not planning to add such option in near future releases. We'll take this under consideration for sure. At the moment I recommend install SQL Executioner plugin and execute purging SQL through Dashboard. So you don't have to open cPanel > phpMyAdmin database tool every time you need to purge.
Ok Ill give that a go and see how that ends up.
