Manual:DeleteOldRevisions.php
| MediaWiki version: | ≥ 1.6 |
| MediaWiki file: deleteOldRevisions.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.42.3 • 1.41.4 • 1.39.10 |
| Classes: | DeleteOldRevisions |
Details
deleteOldRevisions.php file is a maintenance script to delete all old (non-current) revisions from the revision table in the database.
The script works on old, non-deleted revisions (which are stored in the revision table).
The script deletes all old, non-deleted revisions from the revision table and then invokes purgeOldText.php to purge the text records which no revision links to.
This can be useful for reducing the size of the database but it does mean you lose the ability to restore the according revisions.
The script can be limited not to remove old revisions of all pages, but to only remove old revisions of specific pages.
This script does not remove any deleted revisions (which are stored in the archive table)!
Use the maintenance script deleteArchivedRevisions.php to delete all rows from the archive table.
This script deletes page histories. You need to be aware that there are licenses which require you to keep the page histories. E.g. you may not delete old revisions if you run a GFDL licensed wiki.
Options/Arguments
| Option/Argument | Description | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| <page_id> | Performs the deletion only on the page ids (numbers) given as unnamed arguments. | Optional |
| --delete | Actually performs the deletion. Otherwise the script will only display the number of items that it can delete. | Optional |
Usage
php maintenance/deleteOldRevisions.php [ <page_id>| --delete ]
Deleting all old revisions:
$ php maintenance/deleteOldRevisions.php --delete Delete old revisions Searching for active revisions...done. Searching for inactive revisions...done. 13 old revisions found. Deleting...done. Searching for active text records via contents table...done. Searching for inactive text records...done. 0 inactive items found.
Deleting all old revisions from specific pages (page id 1, 2, 15 and 38):
$ php maintenance/deleteOldRevisions.php 1 2 15 38 --delete
The page ID of a specific page can be retrieved by accessing the page information.