Here you will find my only contribution so far to the Joomla Community.

I took the OptimizeTables v2.0 plugin that was made by Joomlaportal.ru which was never upgraded to Joomla 1.6/1.7 and converted it [hopefully] successfully to a Joomla 1.7 native system plugin. It has not been tested on Joomla 1.6.

Since I am NO expert in PHP by any length of the imagination, I offer this software AS IS and recommend that everyone [as they should always] make backups of their files and database. [Akeeba Backup is a very nice choice for this and even includes a free version].

I hope this is helpful to some people out there - personally I looked for 6 months for an alternative and figured I had waited enough!

Donations are of course welcome should you be interested.  My Paypal email is: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Download: Optimize Your Tables v1.0 (beta 1)   

P.S.:  I left the file at status of Beta 1 as I am NOT a PHP programmer and may have missed something!

Anyone who IS a seasoned PHP / PHP Expert, please feel welcome to send me suggestions/corrections.