Hi Robin and thanks for picking up on this. To answer your questions:
1. how would you want to pick topics for deletion – by ‘older than’ presumably?
Yes. A the moment I have to go month by month and wait for WP to do its thing
2. just from one forum or across all forums?
All forums.
3. again could not be a topic or reply where it is latest activity
Not an issue as these topics and replies would be at least seven years old
4. Are we talking about permanently deleting – ie reduce database size, or just trashing – ie stopping people seeing, but retaining the ability to restore later?
Permanent deletion required as my ISP is telling me that I’m nearing my limit on the number of files (but not the capacity in terms of memory usage) and this would allow me to get rid of material that is no longer relevant.
I’d also be very interested in this. My forum has been running for 12 years and many of the issues it has covered have been ovetaken by changes in the law. Basically I want to take out five years of topics and replies but I don’t want to have to go through month by month. Any assistance with mass pruning would be terrific as I’m reaching file capacity with my server.
