WordPress appears to have 2 caching methods built into it - transients and wp_cache.
Are there instances where you'd use one in preference to the other? I've been reading up on both but can't determine if one has an advantage in a given situation.
Thanks,
David.
See Otto's description at wp-tavern
http://www.wptavern.com/forum/troubleshooting/785-when-use-cache-when-options.html#post6512
and/or this more recent explanation
http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2010-July/033505.html
Thanks - had looked for some explanation and had always come up empty!
I'm still a little confused though, and this may be because I've an example with sits somewhere in the middle.
If I have a plugin that gets some information from a remote site and then needs to recall it and use it in each post, which would be best? According to those notes, storing information from a remote site would be best for transients. However, repeated recalling looks best for wp_cache.
Any thoughts?
David.
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