Clean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!

Transient Cleaner

<p>Clean expired transients from your options table. The original and best!</p>
<p><strong>Transient housekeeping was added to the core of WordPress after version 5.8. However, I have decided to open up this plugin to all versions to allow for manual transient cleaning. Longer term I am working on a new version of the plugin, designed specifically for all WordPress releases.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Tested up to PHP 8.2</li>
<li>Fully complies with WordPress coding standards</li>
<li>Compliant with the stronger <a href="https://wpvip.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress VIP</a> coding standards, as well as compatibility with their platform</li>
<li>Community plugin &#8211; visit the [Github page](https://github.com/dartiss/[repo link] &#8220;Github&#8221;) to get involved with the latest code development, request enhancements and report issues</li>
</ul>
<p>&#8220;Transients are a simple and standardized way of storing cached data in the WordPress database temporarily by giving it a custom name and a timeframe after which it will expire and be deleted.&#8221;</p>
<p>Unfortunately, expired transients only get deleted when you attempt to access them. If you don&#8217;t access the transient then, even though it&#8217;s expired, WordPress will not remove it. This is <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/20316" title="Ticket #20316" rel="nofollow ugc">a known &#8220;issue&#8221;</a> but due to reasons, which are explained in the FAQ, this has not been adequately resolved.</p>
<p>Why is this a problem? Transients are often used by plugins to &#8220;cache&#8221; data (my own plugins included). Because of this it means that expired data can be left and build up, resulting in a bloated database table.</p>
<p>Meantime, this plugin is the hero that you&#8217;ve been waiting for. Simply activate the plugin, sit back and enjoy a much cleaner, smaller options table. It also adds the additional recommendation that after a database upgrade all transients will be cleared down.</p>
<h3>The Settings Screen</h3>
<p>Within <code>Administration</code> -&gt; <code>Tools</code> -&gt; <code>Transients</code> an options screen exists allowing you to tweak when you&#8217;d like cleaning to happen, including the ability to perform an ad-hoc run, and when you&#8217;d like the to be automatically scheduled.</p>
<p>You can even request an optimization of the options table to give your system a real &#8220;pep&#8221;!</p>
<h3>Running in Lite mode</h3>
<p>A &#8220;lite&#8221; mode is available. By activating this the options screen will no longer appear and default settings will be used. The advantage? Improved performance to Admin and, especially if you&#8217;re running multi-site, no chance of anybody &#8220;tinkering&#8221; with the settings.</p>
<p>To activate, use the following&#8230;</p>
<pre><code>define( 'TC_LITE', true );
</code></pre>
<p>This should be added to your <code>wp-config.php</code> file.</p>
<h3>Using hooks</h3>
<p>If you&#8217;re the type of odd person who likes to code for WordPress (really?) then I&#8217;ve added a couple of hooks so you can call our rather neat cleaning functions&#8230;</p>
<ul>
<li><code>housekeep_transients</code> &#8211; this will clear down any expired transients</li>
<li><code>clear_all_transients</code> &#8211; this will remove any and all transients, expired or otherwise</li>
</ul>
<h3>Acknowledgements</h3>
<p>I&#8217;d like to thank WordPress Developer Andrew Nacin for his early discussion on this. Also, I&#8217;d like to acknowledge <a href="http://www.staze.org/wordpress-_transient-buildup/" title="WordPress _transient buildup" rel="nofollow ugc">the useful article at Everybody Staze</a> for ensuring the proposed solution made sense, and <a href="http://w-shadow.com/blog/2012/04/17/delete-stale-transients/" title="Cleaning Up Stale Transients" rel="nofollow ugc">W-Shadow.com</a> for the cleaning code.</p>
<p>Iconography is courtesy of the very talented <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/jankirathore" rel="nofollow ugc">Janki Rathod</a>.</p>


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