Reduce the number of database calls querying transients.
| Author: | Peter Wilson (profile at wordpress.org) |
| WordPress version required: | 6.4 |
| WordPress version tested: | 6.6.4 |
| Plugin version: | 1.0.0 |
| Added to WordPress repository: | 24-06-2025 |
| Last updated: | 24-06-2025 |
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| Total downloads: | 332 |
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This is a utility plugin for backporting a minor performance improvement scheduled for inclusion in WordPress 6.6 to earlier versions.
In WordPress 6.4 the function wp_prime_option_caches() was introduced to allow for multiple options to be queried in a single database call.
On sites without a persistent cache, temporary transients are stored in two options. One containing the transient itself, the other containing the timeout. These are stored as _transient_[transient name] and _transient_timeout_[transient name].
In WordPress 6.6 and later, these options are primed by a single database call using the priming function. This plugin can be used on WordPress 6.4 and 6.5 to backport the functionality.
While a mild improvement on sites making limited use of transients, this can significantly reduce the number of database queries on sites running plugins making heavy use of transients.
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