Reading Time: 2 minutesThe
Action Scheduler is a background processing, queue job runner which is built into WooCommerce core. A number of plugins use the Action Scheduler,
WooCommerce Subscriptions and
WooCommerce Follow-Ups being two of the best known.
WP-CLI makes it easy to delete posts and comments which have been created by the Action Scheduler in WooCommerce. There may be cases where the Action Scheduler might create a large number of posts and comments on your live site, and you want to clear up the data from the site’s database.
Delete Comments from Action Scheduler
To delete
comments created by the Action Scheduler, you can run this command:
wp comment list --field=comment_ID --'post_author'='ActionScheduler' --number=1000 | xargs wp comment delete --forceThe number can be increased if you have more comments that need to be deleted to 2000 or higher.
Delete Bulk Posts from Action Scheduler
To delete all of the
scheduled-action posts, you can run this command:
wp post list --field=ID --post_type=scheduled-action --posts_per_page=1000 | xargs wp post delete --forceThe number can be increased if you have more posts that need to be deleted to say 2000 or higher.
Delete Scheduled Action Posts
To delete all of the
scheduled-action posts with a
post status of trash, you can run this command:
wp post list --field=ID --post_type=scheduled-action --posts_per_page=1000 --post_status=trash | xargs wp post delete --force
Delete Bulk Scheduled Actions
To delete all of the
scheduled-action posts with a
post status of cancel, you can run this command:
wp post list --field=ID --post_type=scheduled-action --posts_per_page=1000 --post_status=cancel | xargs wp post delete --force
Using a mix of these commands, you will be able to delete posts and comments easily, using WP-CLI on your site. It will also keep your site database clean, allowing it to run more efficiently. Take the work out of maintaining your WordPress site with our
Managed WooCommerce product. Our WooCommerce platform comes with free iThemes plugins curated especially for online stores.
