# Any issues with enabling "Small Data Mode"?

**URL:** <https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363>\
**Category:** Beaver Builder\
**Created:** [February 10, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363 "2025-02-10T10:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowliondev](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@snowliondev](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/snowliondev)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2025, 10:04am UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363/1 "2025-02-10T10:04:40Z")

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I run a big multi language site for many years. Are there any issues that could happen if i today enable “Small Data Mode”? Wondering why it isn’t enabled by default.

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/user_avatar/community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/jamie/32/279_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363/2 "2025-02-13T17:59:37Z")

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Yes, it’s an experimental feature. In the future, possibly in 2.10, this might get enabled by default after we work out some kinks.

The reason it isn’t is that for any module that has a default set, if you enable small data mode and erase a field where a default it set, it will still render the default. This mostly causes a problem when you erase a text field as you don’t want that to show but when a default is set, it doesn’t render as empty.

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**Author:** ![snowliondev](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@snowliondev](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/snowliondev)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363/3 "2026-02-09T16:08:51Z")

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Is this still an issue? Can i enable it?

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**Author:** ![pross](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/user_avatar/community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/pross/32/883_2.png) [@pross](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/pross)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363/4 "2026-02-10T14:54:07Z")

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Its been there for quite some time now and there are no known issues. The 3rd parties have had a few years now to get used to it.

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**Author:** ![snowliondev](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@snowliondev](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/snowliondev)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363/5 "2026-02-11T09:45:55Z")

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Ok, thanks. So it only affects newly created pages? If i resave old pages do they lose some of their weight?

Is it on by default on new installs?

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**Author:** ![pross](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/user_avatar/community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/pross/32/883_2.png) [@pross](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/u/pross)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.wpbeaverbuilder.com/t/any-issues-with-enabling-small-data-mode/19363/6 "2026-02-12T15:17:33Z")

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No it is not on by default (yet)

You have to actually make a change in a layout then publish that change for it to take effect.