Delete Expired Transients vs Fand Transient and Action Cleaner

Delete old, expired transients from the WordPress options table (wp_options), to prevent them from bloating your database and even slowing down your website. Unless you are using an object cache (like memcached), WordPress stores transient records in the options table. Many transients are given an expiration time, so in theory they should disappear after some time. In practise, because old transients are only deleted when requested again after they’ve expired, many transients stay in the database. After a while, there can be thousands or even millions of expired transients needlessly taking up space in your options table, depending on what your plugins are doing. Delete Expired Transients schedules a daily task to delete any expired transients from the options table. It performs this operation with a single SQL query, and then runs a second query to find any orphaned expiration records and deletes them too. There are a few other plugins around that clean up expired transients. This one is written for fast performance, set-and-forget scheduled housekeeping, and maximum compatibility. It uses the PHP time to determine whether transients are expired, not the database time (which can be different). It does only one job, and it does it well with the minimum of resources. Now optimised for WordPress Multisite. Translations Many thanks to the generous efforts of our translators: English (en_CA) — the English (Canadian) translation team English (en_GB) — the English (British) translation team English (en_ZA) — the English (South African) translation team French (fr_FR) — the French translation team Hungarian (hu_HU) — the Hungarian translation team Norwegian: Bokmål (nb_NO) — neonnero Norwegian: Nynorsk (nn_NO) — neonnero Russian (ru_RU) — the Russian translation team Spanish (es_ES) — the Spanish translation team If you’d like to help out by translating this plugin, please sign up for an account and dig in. Contributions Translate into your preferred language Fork me on GitHub Privacy Delete Expired Transients does not collect any personally identifying information, and does not set any cookies. It removes some old information from the database, potentially reducing a website’s exposure to leakage of personally identifying information.

Keep your database light and fast effortlessly. Is your wp_options table weighing in at tens of megabytes? Are your actionscheduler tables slowing down your backups? Fand Transient and Action Cleaner is the essential tool for WordPress site owners who want to automate their database maintenance. Unlike other global cleanup tools, this plugin surgically targets temporary data and task logs that silently accumulate and eventually impact your admin performance. 🧹 Two-step cleanup This plugin doesn’t just delete temporary data; it tackles the two main sources of clutter: WordPress Transients: It identifies and removes expired transients left behind by other plugins, including those containing success or failure markers that are no longer needed. The Action Scheduler: It thoroughly cleans the action tables (wp_actionscheduler_actions). It purges logs and completed or failed tasks (statuses: complete, success, failed, error) that accumulate by the thousands. ⚙️ Your settings, your choice The interface is designed to be simple and efficient. You maintain complete control over your data: Failure management: Set a retention period for error logs (15 days by default) to give you time to debug before cleaning. Success history: Delete completed tasks after a defined period (30 days by default). Full automation: A global cleanup task is scheduled weekly to maintain your site’s performance without you having to think about it. ✨ Why choose Fand Transient and Action Cleaner? Lightweight: No code overhead; it does exactly what it’s supposed to. Secure: Uses native WordPress functions to guarantee database integrity. Transparent: Directly displays the number of items eligible for cleaning so you know exactly what you’ll gain.