Cannot remove Elementor options

  • michaeltrotz

    (@michaeltrotz)


    9 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hello – I have been using this plugin to disable autoloaded options.

    However, there are a number of autoloaded options on the site (e.g. elementor_pro_remote_info_api_data_3.2.1) that all seem to relate to the Elementor page builder, which I stopped using 3 years ago. I would like to disable autoloading of these options as they account for about 250Kb of data. However, when I try to do this from Tools->Site Health, the response is “The option does not exist” and the option is not removed.

    Can anyone suggest how to disable these options?

    Thanks.

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  • Plugin Support Weston Ruter

    (@westonruter)

    9 months, 2 weeks ago

    Here’s the source code for where that error is coming from:

    https://github.com/WordPress/performance/blob/5f47f0a41ad9a412a4569bdefc172bd1dc6f317c/plugins/performance-lab/includes/site-health/audit-autoloaded-options/hooks.php#L70-L74

    I wonder, if you edit that line:

    wp_die( esc_html__( 'The option does not exist.', 'performance-lab' ) );

    To also dump out the option:

    wp_die( esc_html__( 'The option does not exist:', 'performance-lab' ) . esc_html( " $option_name" ) );

    What is the result? I wonder if the option name is getting modified somehow in the submission process.

    khalid092

    (@khalid092)

    6 months ago

    Thanks for bringing this up, Michael. We faced a similar issue on our real estate site The Real Estate Karachi — Elementor-related options continued to autoload even after complete removal of the plugin.

    Here’s what worked for us:

    1. We used a plugin like Advanced DB Cleaner to scan and manually remove orphaned options (look for elementor_% in wp_options).
    2. Accessed the database directly via phpMyAdmin and ran: sqlCopyEditSELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name LIKE '%elementor%'; Then carefully deleted unused ones only if we were sure they weren’t required by any active plugin or theme.
    3. As a safety step, we also disabled autoloading for certain options like: sqlCopyEditUPDATE wp_options SET autoload = 'no' WHERE option_name = 'elementor_pro_remote_info_api_data_3.2.1';

    If Site Health is returning “option does not exist,” it may be a permissions or database cache issue. Try clearing object cache (if using any) and reloading the Site Health tool.

    Hope this helps!

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