Delete Expired vs Varnish/Nginx Proxy — WordPress

Delete Expired Transients vs Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

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Delete Expired Transients

5.0·13reviews·5,000+installs

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Description	2287 / 5000 chars46% used	2216 / 5000 chars44% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	webaware	Razvan Stanga
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Feature comparison between Delete Expired Transients and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Metric	Delete Expired Transients	Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching
Rating	5.0 ★	5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 13	10
Active installs	5,000+	600+
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Delete Expired Transients

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.

Top keywords

transients10×2.84%
expired8×2.27%
team7×1.99%
translation7×1.99%
translation team7×1.99%
english6×1.70%
expired transients6×1.70%
options5×1.42%
database4×1.14%
delete4×1.14%
options table4×1.14%
table4×1.14%

Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

Complete WordPress Varnish Cache 3.x/4.x/5.x and Nginx Proxy Cache integration. This plugin handles all integration with Varnish Cache and Nginx Proxy Cache. It was designed for high traffic websites. Main features admin interface, see screenshots console for manual purges, supports regular expressions so you can purge an entire folder or just a single file supports every type of Varnish Cache implementation, see screenshots for examples unlimited number of Varnish Cache servers use of custom headers when communicating with Varnish Cache does not interfere with other caching plugins, cloudflare, etc Varnish Cache configuration generator purge key method so you don’t need to setup ACLs debugging actively maintained You can control the following from the Varnish Caching admin panel : Enable/Disable caching Homepage cache TTL Cache TTL (for every other page) IPs/Hosts to clear cache to support every type of Varnish Cache implementation Override default TTL in posts/pages Purge key based PURGE Logged in cookie Debugging option console for precise manual purges This plugin also auto purges Varnish Cache / Nginx Proxy Cache when your site is modified. Varnish Caching sends a PURGE request to Varnish Cache / Nginx Proxy Cache when a page or post is modified. This occurs when editing, publishing, commenting or deleting an item, and when changing themes. Not all pages are purged every time, depending on your Varnish / Nginx Proxy Cache configuration. When a post, page, or custom post type is edited, or a new comment is added, only the following pages will purge: The front page The post/page edited Any categories or tags associated with the page Varnish Cache / Nginx Proxy Cache is a web application accelerator also known as a caching HTTP reverse proxy. You install it in front of any server that speaks HTTP and configure it to cache the contents. This plugin does not install Varnish/Nginx for you, nor does it configure Varnish/Nginx for WordPress. It’s expected you already did that on your own using the provided config files. Inspired from the following : https://wordpress.org/plugins/varnish-http-purge/ https://github.com/dreamhost/varnish-vcl-collection/

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cache20×5.71%
varnish15×4.29%
varnish cache10×2.86%
nginx8×

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Which has better reviews, Delete Expired Transients or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Delete Expired Transients (5.0★, 13 reviews) and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching (5.0★, 10 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose Delete Expired Transients or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Delete Expired Transients does carry the larger published review base (13 vs 10). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Delete Expired Transients or Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Delete Expired Transients has the deeper published review base (13 vs 10), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Delete Expired Transients typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (13 reviews). Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (10 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Delete Expired Transients and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching?

Migration support varies by app and category. Delete Expired Transients and Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Delete Expired Transients vs Varnish/Nginx Proxy Caching

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