In WordPress, there is this “Trash” feature that keep your deleted articles (and comments) in the recycle bin until you go into the bin and delete them permanently. This is an useful feature as it prevents you from deleting any posts/comments accidentally. However, if you don’t have the habit of clearing your trash regularly, it would pile up with useless articles, which in turn translate to bigger database size and slower site loading.
Here’s a quick and simple way to configure your WordPress to automatically clear the trash on a regular basis:
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If you are one of the many who install WordPress via Fantastico, chances are, you won’t even know the existence of the wp-config file in WordPress. The wp-config.php file is one of the most important files in WordPress. It holds the keys to your database and also many of the configuration options that you never know you can do with WordPress. Here are some tricks that you can get your WordPress to do by editing the wp-config file.