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Delete Expired Transients vs WP Redis

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Delete Expired Transients

5.0·13reviews·5,000+installs

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Description	2287 / 5000 chars46% used	1582 / 5000 chars32% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	webaware	Pantheon Systems
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Feature comparison between Delete Expired Transients and WP Redis
Metric	Delete Expired Transients	WP Redis
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	4.7 ★
Total reviews	13	★ 20
Active installs	5,000+	9,000+
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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%

WP Redis

For sites concerned with high traffic, speed for logged-in users, or dynamic pageloads, a high-speed and persistent object cache is a must. You also need something that can scale across multiple instances of your application, so using local file caches or APC are out. Redis is a great answer, and one we bundle on the Pantheon platform. This is our plugin for integrating with the cache, but you can use it on any self-hosted WordPress site if you have Redis. Install from WordPress.org or Github. It’s important to note that a persistent object cache isn’t a panacea – a page load with 2,000 Redis calls can be 2 full seconds of object cache transactions. Make sure you use the object cache wisely: keep to a sensible number of keys, don’t store a huge amount of data on each key, and avoid stampeding frontend writes and deletes. Go forth and make awesome! And, once you’ve built something great, send us feature requests (or bug reports). Take a look at the wiki for useful code snippets and other tips. WP-CLI Commands This plugin implements a variety of WP-CLI commands. All commands are grouped into the wp redis namespace. $ wp help redis NAME wp redis SYNOPSIS wp redis SUBCOMMANDS cli Launch redis-cli using Redis configuration for WordPress debug Debug object cache hit / miss ratio for any page URL. enable Enable WP Redis by creating the symlink for object-cache.php info Provide details on the Redis connection. Use wp help redis to learn more about each command. Contributing See CONTRIBUTING.md for information on contributing.

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redis11×4.14%
cache6×2.26%
wp6×2.26%
object5×1.88%
object cache5×1.88%
wp redis4×1.50%
commands3×1.13%

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Which has better reviews, Delete Expired Transients or WP Redis?

Delete Expired Transients has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 13 reviews) compared to WP Redis (4.7★ from 20 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Delete Expired Transients or WP Redis?

Delete Expired Transients holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.7★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Delete Expired Transients or WP Redis?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. WP Redis has the deeper published review base (20 vs 13), 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). WP Redis typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (20 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 WP Redis?

Migration support varies by app and category. Delete Expired Transients and WP Redis 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 Delete Expired Transients" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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