[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30048: wp_options > option_name length

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#30048: wp_options > option_name length
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 Reporter:  akshay_raje   |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Database      |    Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 In the structure of wp_options, the option_name length is varchar(64).

 It makes sense to change this to varchar(255) for the following reasons:

 * To make it inline with wp_postmeta and wp_usermeta schema
 * As the table is also used to store transient data (in absence of object
 cache plugins etc), 64 characters is often less for md5 hash based keys
 leading to cache misses.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30048>
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