Guides

Safety & best practices

Run cleanups confidently on production WooCommerce stores.

Always keep a full backup

The plugin's internal snapshots protect rows it deletes, but they are not a substitute for a complete database backup. Use your host's backup tool or a plugin like UpdraftPlus before major cleanups.

Recommended cleanup order

1. Diagnose — read Health Score and table sizes
2. Low-risk Quick Clean — transients, revisions, logs, spam, Action Scheduler
3. PRO deep clean — orphan metadata, optimize tables, autoload
4. Order Cleanup last — only after Preview and with backup enabled

Test on staging first

For stores with high order volume or custom WooCommerce extensions, run PRO cleanups on a staging clone before production.

Restore limitations

Restore re-inserts snapshotted rows from a specific operation. It does not revert unrelated changes or replace a full database restore from your hosting provider.