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April 2, 2025 at 7:53 pm #16888799

ericH-23

Background of the issue:
I am working on a site under development and trying to reduce the size of my MySQL translate table using a tool I already have, but it is not working.

Symptoms:
I have too big MySQL data tables.

Questions:
Why is the tool not working to reduce the MySQL translate table size?
https://wpml.org/forums/topic/my-data-base-is-too-large-with-icl_translate/

April 2, 2025 at 8:01 pm #16888876

Andreas W.
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Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

Hello,

Is the plugin "WPML Delete Jobs" still active on your website?

Best regards
Andreas

April 7, 2025 at 11:02 am #16903752

ericH-23

Hi Andreas,

Yes, I’ve already used it, but perhaps with the wrong job IDs—I didn’t fully understand the instructions.

It might also be related to the new version and its automatic translation feature. From what I can tell, the plugin seems to be translating more than necessary. Unfortunately, I can’t disable specific post types, which may be contributing to the issue. This could also be the reason why the database tables have expanded significantly.

What do you think? If this is a bug, I’m hopeful it can be fixed. But if it’s expected behavior, is there a way I can limit translations to only the frontend strings I actually need?

Since the update, my invoices have increased noticeably, so it seems something may have gotten out of control.

Any advice on how to optimize this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks a lot and kind regards,
Eric

April 8, 2025 at 10:30 pm #16911077

Andreas W.
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Languages: English (English ) Spanish (Español ) German (Deutsch )

Timezone: America/Lima (GMT-05:00)

The Clean Up plugin will automatically display IDs that need to be cleaned up. I would not suggest to take any further action on your own.

In the latest version of WPML, you no longer have the option to exclude specific post types when translating everything automatically.

In this case, you will need to disable "Translate Everything Automatically" and then you will be able to control what to send when and how.

You can disable the option at WPML > Translation Management > Dashboard on the top right.