[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40088: Stop creating the `wp_links` database table

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#40088: Stop creating the `wp_links` database table
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 Reporter:  johnjamesjacoby  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)     |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Database         |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion      |     Focuses:
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Changes (by johnjamesjacoby):

 * version:   => 3.5


Comment:

 I don't think this will just be as easy as removing the table from
 `schema.php`, as there is the database option to set
 `link_manager_enabled` back to `1`, and also a plugin to re-expose the
 Links functionality by filtering that option.

 Still, it seems wasteful to be creating all these empty database tables,
 particularly for web-hosts.

 Each empty table occupies approximately 16 KiB. Every 1 million WordPress
 sites creates 1.02GB of empty databases.

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