If you’ve been running a WordPress blog for quite some time, chances are you that might have database problems. The use of a lot of plugins and import-exports can cause errors to creep into your database. It’s a good habit to check for errors and repair and optimize your database once in a while. With WordPress 2.9, an option to repair and optimize WordPress database was introduced within the system. By default the option is disabled but the addition of a simple piece of code to the wp-config.php file is all that is needed to enable it.

Follow the steps below to repair and optimize your WordPress database:

1. Login to your cPanel and open up the file manager.  Alternatively you can use an FTP client for the same.

2. In the root directory (public HTML) there’s a file named wp-config.php. While editing this file take utmost care. You should back it up first. Open up this file and add the following code to it:

define(‘WP_ALLOW_REPAIR’, true);

Once done. Save the file.

3. What you just did was enable the automatic repair and optimize database option. But how do you access it?  Visit the following page: http://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin/maint/repair.php

4. On opening that page you’ll see something like the image above. Now it gives you two options – Repair database and Repair and Optimize database. The first one will look for common database errors and fix them. The second option will also improve performance by optimizing the database. Choose whichever you want to.

Alternatively you can also view the MySQL tables which have errors by clicking the Repair database option and then fix them with the help of phpMyAdmin. This involves opening phpMyAdmin from your cPanel and going to Databases > Your Table and selecting the tables with problems and then selecting repair from the drop down box.

5. Once you’re done repairing the WordPress database, make sure you remove the define(‘WP_ALLOW_REPAIR’, true); line you added to wp-config.php so as to prevent it from being used by unauthorized users. You can always add it back whenever you wish to check for errors.

Keeping a check on the health of your WordPress database is a good habit and should be practiced every once in a while. You should check for database problems and repair them on a timely basis. Also optimizing your database can help improve performance.

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Tech Junky wishes all it’s readers a very Happy New Year!

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Tech-Junky.com is one year old today. I started this blog on February 4, 2008 and it’s been a great experience sharing stuff and interacting with readers.

Before launching Tech Junky, I used my blogger blog Tech Check as a medium for sharing information. It was after some time then that I realised a website would be good and this made way for this blog.

I thank all the people who have read my articles and posts. Appreciation from readers like you makes me add more good stuff to the blog, so please drop in your comments whenever you feel like.

The past few days have been a bit busy and I haven’t been able to add new posts frequently. This is likely to carry on for some more days but I’m very keen on getting back and this will happen very soon. Please stay in touch. You can subscribe to the feed so as to get notified when I update the blog.

Cheers!!

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New to blogging? Wondering where to begin from? Don’t worry, it’s not as difficult as it seems to you. A blog basically is a website, usually maintained by an individual known as blogger, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

You can start a blog on any topic you wish to or expertise in. While blogs based on technology are quite popular, you can write on any theme you like. To get started, you can register for a blog at Blogger or WordPress. Both of these services are free, reliable and are among the best. Creating a blog is easy and you should not have much trouble. You’ll need to choose a title and URL for your blog.

Once you are over with setting up your blog, you can begin posting content. As such, there are no hard and fast rules on how to blog. Some tips mentioned below will help you move ahead and create a better blog.

1. Stay on your theme: The content of the items in the blog should all connect to a general theme. Most of your readers will be interested in the content that relates to a specific defined topic.

2. Clarity and simplicity: You need to write your blog entries in a clear and easy to understand languange. Keep in mind that your blog can have global readers.

3. Keywords: Include keywords related to your content in the title of your post. The title serves as an introduction and helps attract attention.

4. Be updated: If you are gonna write about a specific topic, say technology , then stay informative about that sector so that you create the impression that you are knowledgeable.

In the beginning, blog audiences are small but with time and quality content, they tend to increase.

So get goin and start your blogging adventure!

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