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However, until this exists (and I&#8217;m not sure it will; it&#8217;s still a necessary/correct solution sometimes), we should solve for current behaviors. <strong>Let&#8217;s remove the <code>robots.txt</code> disallow rule</strong>, and allow Google (and others) to <em>crawl</em> the site.</p></blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/09/02/changes-to-prevent-search-engines-indexing-sites/">dev note</a> announcing the change, Peter Wilson recommends that developers wanting to exclude development sites from being indexed by search engines should include the HTTP Header <code>X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow</code> when serving all assets for the site, including images, PDFs, video, and other assets.</p>";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:7:"pubDate";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:31:"Wed, 04 Sep 2019 03:19:17 +0000";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}s:32:"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";a:1:{s:7:"creator";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:13:"Sarah Gooding";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}}}}i:17;a:6:{s:4:"data";s:13:"\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n	\n";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";s:5:"child";a:2:{s:0:"";a:5:{s:5:"title";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:83:"WPTavern: Toolbelt: A New Jetpack-Inspired Plugin with a Focus on Speed and Privacy";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"guid";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:29:"https://wptavern.com/?p=92814";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:4:"link";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:93:"https://wptavern.com/toolbelt-a-new-jetpack-inspired-plugin-with-a-focus-on-speed-and-privacy";s:7:"attribs";a:0:{}s:8:"xml_base";s:0:"";s:17:"xml_base_explicit";b:0;s:8:"xml_lang";s:0:"";}}s:11:"description";a:1:{i:0;a:5:{s:4:"data";s:6830:"<p><a href="https://i0.wp.com/wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Screen-Shot-2019-09-02-at-11.16.22-PM.png?ssl=1"><img /></a></p>\n<p>WordPress theme and plugin developer <a href="https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ben Gillbanks</a> is building a <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jetpack</a> alternative with an emphasis on speed, simplicity, and privacy. <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-toolbelt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Toolbelt</a> is a new, lightweight plugin that offers a collection of functionality that is commonly-used on WordPress sites. 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The event, previously known as PHPCon Poland, was set to be held in Dresden, Germany, after the concept changed last year to rotate host cities and include a larger region of the PHP community.</p>\n<p>After phpCE had <a href="https://twitter.com/phpce_eu/status/1156646682114830336" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">boasted</a> a &#8220;rich and diverse lineup,&#8221; the published schedule was criticized for including zero women, while several speakers were given two sessions apiece. The <a href="https://2018.phpce.eu/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2018 event</a> had a similar lack of diversity among speakers. <a href="https://www.cfpland.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CFP Land</a> founder Karl Hughes&#8217; tweet precipitated a flood of critical feedback.</p>\n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">\n<p lang="en" dir="ltr">This year\'s <a href="https://twitter.com/phpce_eu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@phpce_eu</a> conference seems to have gone with the "White Males Only" conference lineup <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/72x72/1f62c.png" alt="😬" class="wp-smiley" /></p>\n<p>Shame. It\'s 2019, we can do better.</p>\n<p>&mdash; Karl L Hughes (@KarlLHughes) <a href="https://twitter.com/KarlLHughes/status/1151525811616387073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2019</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>Organizers received the public criticisms as an attack, a response that disappointed many who were previously considering attending the event. Speakers started to withdraw from the conference and <a href="https://twitter.com/phpce_eu/status/1165381240922484743" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ticket sales dried up</a>, as organizers demonstrated an unwillingness to do further diversity outreach beyond their initial call for proposals.</p>\n<p>Mark Baker, one of the speakers who decided to <a href="https://markbakeruk.net/2019/07/24/withdrawal-from-speaking-at-phpce-2019" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cancel his engagement</a>, said organizers attempted to persuade him not to withdraw by offering to put the sole female speaker applicant on the schedule. Baker said he was uncomfortable, as that would put &#8220;a lot of pressure on the woman, knowingly being invited to speak after an all-male speaker list has already been announced, making her a &#8216;token&#8217; to diversity.&#8221;</p>\n<p>&#8220;It wasn’t an easy decision to make, because I do enjoy sharing my coding passion; but having advocated for diversity at PHP developer conferences for the last several years, I have to follow my beliefs that diversity should be a cornerstone of the PHP developer community,&#8221; Baker said. &#8220;Diversity matters more to me than speaking.&#8221;</p>\n<p>Larry Garfield (<a href="https://twitter.com/crell" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@crell</a>), who is active in the Drupal community, <a href="https://steemit.com/php/@crell/skipping-php-ce-this-year" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">reported</a> that he also tried to work with phpCE&#8217;s organizers to diversify the lineup before being forced by his personal convictions to withdraw.</p>\n<p>&#8220;I messaged the organizers, asking them to drop some of our double-sessions in favor of more female participation,&#8221; Garfield said. &#8220;We also offered to work with them to figure out ways to reduce the cost of bringing us in (a number of us were transatlantic, and Dresden is not the cheapest city to get to) so they could afford to cover more speakers.</p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, the organizers indicated they were not open to such an arrangement. According to them, they had only a single woman submit a session proposal this year despite having women present in previous years, and hers was a repeat from a local conference last year. They were also firm that the Call For Papers was done and over and they&#8217;re not open to reaching out to new people now. Sadly, from what the organizers told me, they actively don&#8217;t want to do outreach.&#8221;</p>\n<p>A situation that has gone this far is often irreparable once it reaches the point of becoming an international debacle. If a diverse speaker selection hasn&#8217;t been established before the schedule announcement goes out, backpedaling to arrive at inclusion inevitably sends a signal to potential attendees that this might not be a welcoming event.</p>\n<p>Due to the way it was handled, phpCE&#8217;s cancellation became a spectacular failure of inclusion that played out in a public way over the past several weeks. phpCE&#8217;s organizers remained <a href="https://twitter.com/phpce_eu/status/1151606520406257664" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">defensive in their replies</a> to critics on social media, clinging instead to what the community has deemed to be an outmoded and ineffective approach to organizing more diverse events.</p>\n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">\n<p lang="en" dir="ltr">D&amp;I is okay as long as it means the equalization of chances. If you place D&amp;I in a stronger position than substantive content of the agenda, you destroy the event. The "prioritize" sounds exactly in that way.</p>\n<p>&mdash; Dariusz Grzesista (@DarGrze) <a href="https://twitter.com/DarGrze/status/1151923365269127168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2019</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>phpCE did not publish a post regarding why the event was cancelled but rather cited several blog posts and exchanges on social media as factors in the decision.</p>\n<h3>How WordPress Is Equipping Event Organizers to Create more Diverse Speaker Lineups</h3>\n<p>Many organizers of large tech events are making proactive attempts at getting more diverse speakers and the web is full of countless resources from those who have shared their processes and tips on the topic. In the WordPress world specifically, the Community team has created a <a href="https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/event-formats/diversity-speaker-training-workshop/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diversity Speaker Training Workshop</a> to help meetup and WordCamp organizers cultivate better representation from different groups in their communities.</p>\n<p>This particular workshop, which was created by Jill Binder and <a href="https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2019/06/19/want-to-see-a-more-diverse-wordpress-contributor-community-so-do-we/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sponsored by Automattic</a>, has produced positive results in 55 WordPress communities in 26 different countries.</p>\n<p>“All of the communities that held this workshop experienced a real change in the speaker roster for their annual conferences; many of their WordCamps went from having 10% women speakers to having 50% or more women speakers in less than a year,&#8221; community organizer Andrea Middleton said. &#8220;In 2017, Seattle had 60% women speakers and in 2018, Vancouver had 63%.” Organizers of large events like WordCamp US and WordCamp Miami have also created more diverse lineups in recent years with their own proactive strategies.</p>\n<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">\n<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another great year of amazing, diverse speakers! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WCMIA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WCMIA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WordPress?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WordPress</a> <a href="https://t.co/e2smmCpPAF">pic.twitter.com/e2smmCpPAF</a></p>\n<p>&mdash; WordCamp Miami (@wordcampmiami) <a href="https://twitter.com/wordcampmiami/status/1107383222453833728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2019</a></p></blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>The <a href="https://wordpress.tv/2019/07/30/jill-binder-what-is-the-diverse-speaker-workshop/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Diversity Speaker Training Workshop</a> seems to be particularly effective because it focuses on actively creating and equipping future speakers in a more organic way at the local level. 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--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokens`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokens` (
  `token_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `gateway_id` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `token` text COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `user_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `type` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `is_default` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0'
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions` (
  `session_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `session_key` char(32) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `session_value` longtext COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `session_expiry` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

--
-- Dumping data for table `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions`
--

INSERT INTO `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions` (`session_id`, `session_key`, `session_value`, `session_expiry`) VALUES
(2, '1', 'a:7:{s:4:"cart";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:11:"cart_totals";s:367:"a:15:{s:8:"subtotal";i:0;s:12:"subtotal_tax";i:0;s:14:"shipping_total";i:0;s:12:"shipping_tax";i:0;s:14:"shipping_taxes";a:0:{}s:14:"discount_total";i:0;s:12:"discount_tax";i:0;s:19:"cart_contents_total";i:0;s:17:"cart_contents_tax";i:0;s:19:"cart_contents_taxes";a:0:{}s:9:"fee_total";i:0;s:7:"fee_tax";i:0;s:9:"fee_taxes";a:0:{}s:5:"total";i:0;s:9:"total_tax";i:0;}";s:15:"applied_coupons";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:22:"coupon_discount_totals";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:26:"coupon_discount_tax_totals";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:21:"removed_cart_contents";s:6:"a:0:{}";s:8:"customer";s:710:"a:26:{s:2:"id";s:1:"1";s:13:"date_modified";s:0:"";s:8:"postcode";s:0:"";s:4:"city";s:0:"";s:9:"address_1";s:0:"";s:7:"address";s:0:"";s:9:"address_2";s:0:"";s:5:"state";s:0:"";s:7:"country";s:2:"GB";s:17:"shipping_postcode";s:0:"";s:13:"shipping_city";s:0:"";s:18:"shipping_address_1";s:0:"";s:16:"shipping_address";s:0:"";s:18:"shipping_address_2";s:0:"";s:14:"shipping_state";s:0:"";s:16:"shipping_country";s:2:"GB";s:13:"is_vat_exempt";s:0:"";s:19:"calculated_shipping";s:0:"";s:10:"first_name";s:0:"";s:9:"last_name";s:0:"";s:7:"company";s:0:"";s:5:"phone";s:0:"";s:5:"email";s:22:"smithmatt077@gmail.com";s:19:"shipping_first_name";s:0:"";s:18:"shipping_last_name";s:0:"";s:16:"shipping_company";s:0:"";}";}', 1568784250);

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zones`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zones` (
  `zone_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `zone_name` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `zone_order` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations` (
  `location_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `zone_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `location_code` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `location_type` varchar(40) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods` (
  `zone_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `instance_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `method_id` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `method_order` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `is_enabled` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1'
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rates`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rates` (
  `tax_rate_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `tax_rate_country` varchar(2) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `tax_rate_state` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `tax_rate` varchar(8) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `tax_rate_name` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `tax_rate_priority` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `tax_rate_compound` int(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `tax_rate_shipping` int(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `tax_rate_order` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `tax_rate_class` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT ''
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations`
--

CREATE TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations` (
  `location_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `location_code` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL,
  `tax_rate_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
  `location_type` varchar(40) COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci;

--
-- Indexes for dumped tables
--

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_commentmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_commentmeta`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  ADD KEY `comment_id` (`comment_id`),
  ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_comments`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_comments`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`comment_ID`),
  ADD KEY `comment_post_ID` (`comment_post_ID`),
  ADD KEY `comment_approved_date_gmt` (`comment_approved`,`comment_date_gmt`),
  ADD KEY `comment_date_gmt` (`comment_date_gmt`),
  ADD KEY `comment_parent` (`comment_parent`),
  ADD KEY `comment_author_email` (`comment_author_email`(10)),
  ADD KEY `woo_idx_comment_type` (`comment_type`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_links`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_links`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`link_id`),
  ADD KEY `link_visible` (`link_visible`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_options`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_options`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`option_id`),
  ADD UNIQUE KEY `option_name` (`option_name`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_postmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_postmeta`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  ADD KEY `post_id` (`post_id`),
  ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_posts`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_posts`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
  ADD KEY `post_name` (`post_name`(191)),
  ADD KEY `type_status_date` (`post_type`,`post_status`,`post_date`,`ID`),
  ADD KEY `post_parent` (`post_parent`),
  ADD KEY `post_author` (`post_author`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_termmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_termmeta`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  ADD KEY `term_id` (`term_id`),
  ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_terms`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_terms`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`term_id`),
  ADD KEY `slug` (`slug`(191)),
  ADD KEY `name` (`name`(191));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_term_relationships`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_term_relationships`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`object_id`,`term_taxonomy_id`),
  ADD KEY `term_taxonomy_id` (`term_taxonomy_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_term_taxonomy`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_term_taxonomy`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`term_taxonomy_id`),
  ADD UNIQUE KEY `term_id_taxonomy` (`term_id`,`taxonomy`),
  ADD KEY `taxonomy` (`taxonomy`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_usermeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_usermeta`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`umeta_id`),
  ADD KEY `user_id` (`user_id`),
  ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(191));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_users`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_users`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
  ADD KEY `user_login_key` (`user_login`),
  ADD KEY `user_nicename` (`user_nicename`),
  ADD KEY `user_email` (`user_email`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_wc_download_log`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_download_log`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`download_log_id`),
  ADD KEY `permission_id` (`permission_id`),
  ADD KEY `timestamp` (`timestamp`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_wc_product_meta_lookup`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_product_meta_lookup`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`product_id`),
  ADD KEY `virtual` (`virtual`),
  ADD KEY `downloadable` (`downloadable`),
  ADD KEY `stock_status` (`stock_status`),
  ADD KEY `stock_quantity` (`stock_quantity`),
  ADD KEY `onsale` (`onsale`),
  ADD KEY `min_max_price` (`min_price`,`max_price`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_wc_tax_rate_classes`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_tax_rate_classes`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`tax_rate_class_id`),
  ADD UNIQUE KEY `slug` (`slug`(191));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_wc_webhooks`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_webhooks`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`webhook_id`),
  ADD KEY `user_id` (`user_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_api_keys`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_api_keys`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`key_id`),
  ADD KEY `consumer_key` (`consumer_key`),
  ADD KEY `consumer_secret` (`consumer_secret`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`attribute_id`),
  ADD KEY `attribute_name` (`attribute_name`(20));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`permission_id`),
  ADD KEY `download_order_key_product` (`product_id`,`order_id`,`order_key`(16),`download_id`),
  ADD KEY `download_order_product` (`download_id`,`order_id`,`product_id`),
  ADD KEY `order_id` (`order_id`),
  ADD KEY `user_order_remaining_expires` (`user_id`,`order_id`,`downloads_remaining`,`access_expires`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_log`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_log`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`log_id`),
  ADD KEY `level` (`level`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_order_itemmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_order_itemmeta`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  ADD KEY `order_item_id` (`order_item_id`),
  ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(32));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_order_items`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_order_items`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`order_item_id`),
  ADD KEY `order_id` (`order_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`meta_id`),
  ADD KEY `payment_token_id` (`payment_token_id`),
  ADD KEY `meta_key` (`meta_key`(32));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokens`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokens`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`token_id`),
  ADD KEY `user_id` (`user_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`session_id`),
  ADD UNIQUE KEY `session_key` (`session_key`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zones`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zones`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`zone_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`location_id`),
  ADD KEY `location_id` (`location_id`),
  ADD KEY `location_type_code` (`location_type`(10),`location_code`(20));

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`instance_id`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rates`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rates`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`tax_rate_id`),
  ADD KEY `tax_rate_country` (`tax_rate_country`),
  ADD KEY `tax_rate_state` (`tax_rate_state`(2)),
  ADD KEY `tax_rate_class` (`tax_rate_class`(10)),
  ADD KEY `tax_rate_priority` (`tax_rate_priority`);

--
-- Indexes for table `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations`
  ADD PRIMARY KEY (`location_id`),
  ADD KEY `tax_rate_id` (`tax_rate_id`),
  ADD KEY `location_type_code` (`location_type`(10),`location_code`(20));

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for dumped tables
--

--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_commentmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_commentmeta`
  MODIFY `meta_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_comments`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_comments`
  MODIFY `comment_ID` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=2;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_links`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_links`
  MODIFY `link_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_options`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_options`
  MODIFY `option_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=798;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_postmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_postmeta`
  MODIFY `meta_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=109;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_posts`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_posts`
  MODIFY `ID` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=52;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_termmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_termmeta`
  MODIFY `meta_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_terms`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_terms`
  MODIFY `term_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=39;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_term_taxonomy`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_term_taxonomy`
  MODIFY `term_taxonomy_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=39;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_usermeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_usermeta`
  MODIFY `umeta_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=27;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_users`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_users`
  MODIFY `ID` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=2;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_wc_download_log`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_download_log`
  MODIFY `download_log_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_wc_tax_rate_classes`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_tax_rate_classes`
  MODIFY `tax_rate_class_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=3;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_wc_webhooks`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_webhooks`
  MODIFY `webhook_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_api_keys`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_api_keys`
  MODIFY `key_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_attribute_taxonomies`
  MODIFY `attribute_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions`
  MODIFY `permission_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_log`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_log`
  MODIFY `log_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_order_itemmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_order_itemmeta`
  MODIFY `meta_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_order_items`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_order_items`
  MODIFY `order_item_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokenmeta`
  MODIFY `meta_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokens`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_payment_tokens`
  MODIFY `token_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_sessions`
  MODIFY `session_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, AUTO_INCREMENT=4;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zones`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zones`
  MODIFY `zone_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_locations`
  MODIFY `location_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_shipping_zone_methods`
  MODIFY `instance_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rates`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rates`
  MODIFY `tax_rate_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- AUTO_INCREMENT for table `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_woocommerce_tax_rate_locations`
  MODIFY `location_id` bigint(20) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT;
--
-- Constraints for dumped tables
--

--
-- Constraints for table `aluwall_wc_download_log`
--
ALTER TABLE `aluwall_wc_download_log`
  ADD CONSTRAINT `fk_aluwall_wc_download_log_permission_id` FOREIGN KEY (`permission_id`) REFERENCES `aluwall_woocommerce_downloadable_product_permissions` (`permission_id`) ON DELETE CASCADE;

