Questions tagged [transient]
The Transients API provides a standardized way to store data temporarily (with an expiration time) in the database.
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Plugin's "Update Now" not working - Installed in folder with random suffix
When I click on "Update now" the plugin gets installed, but I'm getting the following error: The plugin "test/test.php" has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not ...
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Flash messages for not logged in users
I want to use flash messages to deliver validation error notices. For people who are not familiar this means that the user sends the form, I process the POST data, I store the error messages ...
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Custom updater to change plugin version
I have a custom plugin hosted on github, and had previously had a plugin updater class that would poll the repo for the 'latest' version. Now the plugin is on multiple sites, but we want the option to ...
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Theme / Divi change visitor css and site logo and all site urls based on REQUEST_URI non logged in wp user
I am trying to store the baseurl to options table in wordpress for non logged in users. Basically if the user was referred to url mysite.com/go/affilatename I want to store affilatename (baseurl) to ...
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How to set autoload from "yes" to "no" _transient_wp_core_block_css_files
In WordPress version 6.3, create a transient named "_transient_wp_core_block_css_files" (~0.4MB) in the wp_options table to store the list of CSS files to load when using WordPress' blocks. ...
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What would cause set_transient() and set_site_transient() to fail silently?
I am re-using code I successfully used in a very similar theme and install, and in this new site/environment, the function set_transient does not write the transient to the database, returns false, ...
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How to cache wordpress get_posts query using transients?
I have a website with over 100,000 posts. On a term taxonomy page, the main query WP_Query->get_posts() is the slowest. I want to cache the results of this query using transients-api. I tried ...
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How to create a transient that persists the data for the whole duration of the expiration, even when object cache is enabled?
Anyone recommends an alternative to set_transient that persists the data for the whole duration of the expiration even when object cache is enabled? Example: List item Set a long-duration transient ...
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How can I stop my WordPress database collecting transients such as RSS feeds in wp_options table?
I ran a check on wp_options table and I found lots of unsolicited RSS content, which points to sites such as WordPress.org and WP Tavern. This content is taking 75% of space in my database. I am aware ...
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Doesn't set_transient() add multiple rows with the same key?
Just like add_post_meta() I want to add multiple transients with same key with different values and different timeouts, but I see that the set_transient() function doesn't do that. Is this possible?
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How get JSON from external API on every page load if not existing in transient?
Clarification: I'm building a site that will show the profiles of different agents (or specialists) in grid based cards. Each of these profile cards will show the online/offline status of the agent ...
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Difference between get_site_transient() and get_transient()
I'm reading through the WordPress core and noticed that the update_core transient is fetched with get_site_transient(). What is the difference between get_site_transient() and get_transient()? If I ...
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What is the best way to cache pages and queries in WordPress?
I have a site with many custom queries. Some take many seconds to load a page. To solve that issue, I have been using a caching plugin. The issue is, my caching plugin does not cache a page until I ...
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Storing transients giving database error
Sorry if vague, trying to track down recent website slowdown reasons, and query monitor shows me this as a DATABASE ERROR consistently for two particular transients being added: Following the ...
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Managing and deleting transients with dynamically generated transient names
Let's say I have access to a remote API that stores car data, and I want to be able to place car information box(es) into posts using a shortcode. The shortcode fetches JSON data with wp_remote_get() ...
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