Automatically Delete Old Slugs

Instead of clicking “Remove all old slugs” by hand, you can have Slugs Manager: Delete Old Permalinks from WordPress Database clear old slugs for you. Automatic clean ups are a Pro feature, configured under WPFactory > Slugs Manager in the Automatic Clean Ups section.

Before you start #

• Slugs Manager Pro, active with a valid license (automatic clean ups are Pro).
• A backup of your database, since a schedule removes old slugs without further prompting.
• A redirect plan for any old URLs that still get traffic, because removing an old slug removes its WordPress redirect.

Option 1: Scheduled Clean Ups #

1. Open WPFactory > Slugs Manager and find Scheduled Clean Ups.
2. Choose an interval: Disabled, Every minute, Hourly, Twice daily, Daily, or Weekly.
3. Click Save. Slugs Manager schedules a WP-Cron event that removes all old slugs at that interval.
4. To turn it off, set the interval back to Disabled and save.

Option 2: Clean Up on Save Post #

1. Find Clean Up on Save Post on the same page.
2. Set it to Yes and click Save.
3. From then on, whenever a post is saved, its old slugs are cleared automatically. This targets only the saved post, not the whole site.

Options reference #

If the schedule does not run #

• Scheduled Clean Ups rely on WP-Cron. If DISABLE_WP_CRON is set to true in wp-config.php, the event will not fire. Set up a real server cron that calls wp-cron.php instead.
• Some hosts throttle WP-Cron on low-traffic sites, so a server cron is more reliable.
• Confirm Pro is active with a valid license, since the interval control is disabled in the free version.

Ready to set this up? #

Automatic clean ups are a Pro feature of Slugs Manager. If you are still on the free version, upgrading unlocks scheduled clean ups and clean up on save post along with the rest of the Pro toolkit. Get Slugs Manager Pro.