Deletes all expired transients.
Description
Note that this function won’t do anything if an external object cache is in use.
The multi-table delete syntax is used to delete the transient record from table a, and the corresponding transient_timeout record from table b.
Parameters
$force_dbbooloptional- Force cleanup to run against the database even when an external object cache is used.
Default:
false
Source
function delete_expired_transients( $force_db = false ) { global $wpdb; if ( ! $force_db && wp_using_ext_object_cache() ) { return; } $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE a, b FROM {$wpdb->options} a, {$wpdb->options} b WHERE a.option_name LIKE %s AND a.option_name NOT LIKE %s AND b.option_name = CONCAT( '_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 12 ) ) AND b.option_value < %d", $wpdb->esc_like( '_transient_' ) . '%', $wpdb->esc_like( '_transient_timeout_' ) . '%', time() ) ); if ( ! is_multisite() ) { // Single site stores site transients in the options table. $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE a, b FROM {$wpdb->options} a, {$wpdb->options} b WHERE a.option_name LIKE %s AND a.option_name NOT LIKE %s AND b.option_name = CONCAT( '_site_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.option_name, 17 ) ) AND b.option_value < %d", $wpdb->esc_like( '_site_transient_' ) . '%', $wpdb->esc_like( '_site_transient_timeout_' ) . '%', time() ) ); } elseif ( is_multisite() && is_main_site() && is_main_network() ) { // Multisite stores site transients in the sitemeta table. $wpdb->query( $wpdb->prepare( "DELETE a, b FROM {$wpdb->sitemeta} a, {$wpdb->sitemeta} b WHERE a.meta_key LIKE %s AND a.meta_key NOT LIKE %s AND b.meta_key = CONCAT( '_site_transient_timeout_', SUBSTRING( a.meta_key, 17 ) ) AND b.meta_value < %d", $wpdb->esc_like( '_site_transient_' ) . '%', $wpdb->esc_like( '_site_transient_timeout_' ) . '%', time() ) ); } } Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 4.9.0 | Introduced. |
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