Title: Transients Manager Author: Syed Balkhi Published: May 11, 2014 Last modified: October 18, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/transients-manager/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2645363) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/transients-manager/assets/icon.svg?rev=1671074) # Transients Manager By [Syed Balkhi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/transients-manager.2.0.7.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/) ## Description #### Easily Manage Transients This is a developer tool that provides a user interface to manage transients. You can easily view, search, edit, and delete transients from Tools > Transients. A toolbar toggle allows you to suspend transient updates to help with testing and debugging. #### Features of Transients Manager * Toolbar button to suspend transient writes * View all transients in the database * Edit the name, expiration, and value of any transient * Delete any transient * Search transients by name * Bulk actions to delete: all, expired, unexpired, or persistent transients #### Credits This plugin is owned by [Syed Balkhi](https://syedbalkhi.com/) and maintained by the [WPBeginner](https://www.wpbeginner.com/) team. It was originally created by [Pippin Williamson](https://pippinsplugins.com/). #### What’s Next If you like this plugin and find it useful to manage transients, please leave a good rating and consider checking out our other projects: * [Duplicator](https://duplicator.com/) – Easy, fast and secure WordPress backups and website migration. * [OptinMonster](https://optinmonster.com/) – Get more email subscribers with the most popular conversion optimization plugin for WordPress. * [WPForms](https://wpforms.com/) – #1 drag & drop online form builder for WordPress( trusted by 5 million sites). * [MonsterInsights](https://www.monsterinsights.com/) – See the stats that matter and grow your business with confidence. 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Our goal is to make using WordPress easy, both with our [WordPress plugins](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-plugins/) and resources like [WPBeginner](https://www.wpbeginner.com/), the largest WordPress resource site for beginners. I feel that we have done that here, and I hope you find Transients Manager useful. Thank you, –Syed Balkhi ## Screenshots * [[ * View Transients * [[ * Edit Transient ## Installation 1. Install Transients Manager by uploading the `transients-manager` directory to the`/ wp-content/plugins/` directory. (See instructions on [how to install a WordPress plugin](https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/step-by-step-guide-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin-for-beginners/).) 2. Activate Transients Manager through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress. 3. Go to Tools > Transients ## FAQ ### Does this work with Object Caching (Memcached, Redis, etc…)? No. It only works when transients are stored in the database. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d112eff18652604126b88495a8cfc3f66b2a56489833597f47743b5dc11fa08a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-1055/)󠁿 [Farzad](https://profiles.wordpress.org/farzadjozaghi/) August 20, 2025 Just Perfect 😀 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7a9408e68876cf40312866dc080b26fda86fdd82efd2d82a09612077cb73af3c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-13499/)󠁿 [Jihad Sinnaour](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jihad-sinnaour/) July 16, 2024 Useful dev tool ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a10a5e6859a14b876f21730acf55c98f3630cc7fed3d1bbbb1e274615e322248? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works with WP 6.1.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-with-wp-6-1-1/)󠁿 [pandammonium](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pandammonium/) March 12, 2023 This is invaluable for developing plugins with WP transients. It’s an easy-to-use plugin that does one thing well. It works in WP 6.1.1, although it contains some code deprecated in PHP8.2. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3686c465c34ede89ec27b0ae1d6c270d66aab3e44643c49f5f5e67eeb5833a67? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful tool when testing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-tool-when-testing/)󠁿 [Alan Fuller](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alanfuller/) May 20, 2022 I find this plugin very useful when testing to search and delete specific transients ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ac985abdbb5f79448de14e8d476343d9b2c6efc8c6fba8b25def8e6b65397af7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-8859/)󠁿 [Beren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/berenerchamion/) October 24, 2021 Worked perfectly to find and delete stale Jetpack transients! Running on WP 5.8.1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b6c12c3e10de96dfbc2665e189ab83bed1d0e0e0ca3e51f7e4c834510d24d2a4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[thanks for creating this!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-for-creating-this-4/)󠁿 [Earnie Rhyker](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rhyker2u/) October 18, 2021 Super useful development tool indeed! [ Read all 38 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Transients Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) * [ WPBeginner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpbeginner/) * [ Pippin Williamson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/) * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) “Transients Manager” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/transients-manager/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Transients Manager” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/transients-manager) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/transients-manager/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/transients-manager/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/transients-manager/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/transients-manager/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.0.7 – October 18, 2024 * Fix: Security fix #### 2.0.6 – October 3, 2024 * Improved: Product Education #### 2.0.5 – December 12, 2023 * Improved: Support for PHP8.2 and below #### 2.0.3 – August 2, 2022 * Misc: The plugin is tested up to WordPress 6.0 #### 2.0.2 – December 23, 2021 * Fixed: “Delete All” bulk action works again * Fixed: Add “Delete All” button to table actions * Improved: More value types now visible in List Table (up to 100 characters) #### 2.0.1 – December 21, 2021 * Fix: PHP fatal error when guessing JSON value type #### 2.0.0 – December 16, 2021 * Added: Small-screen support * Added: Value type hints * Added: Ability to delete all without expiration * Added: Site & Auto clean timestamps * Added: CodeMirror support when editing * Added: Notices on successful save & delete * Added: Notice when using object caching * Improved: Bulk actions * Improved: List table styling * Improved: Pagination styling * Improved: Truncation of large keys & values * Improved: Security & performance #### 1.8.1 – July 30, 2019 * Tweak: Added stripes to transients table rows for improved readability, props @malavvasita * Tweak: Improved HTML markup and functionality of Cancel button on edit screens, props @cfoellmann #### 1.8 – November 20, 2019 * New: Added support for bulk deleting selected transients, props @ash0ur #### 1.7.7 – April 28, 2019 * Fix: Transient search not working. #### 1.7.6 – March 30, 2019 * Changes text domain from “pw-transients-manager” to “transients-manager” to support translations through WordPress.org. #### 1.7.5 – July 24, 2018 * Fix: Language files not loading properly. #### 1.7.4 – January 8, 2018 * Fix: Site transients cannot be deleted #### 1.7.3 – October 10, 2016 * Updated translation files * Bulk delete actions are now public so they can be accessed outside the plugin #### 1.7.2 – December 18, 2015 * Fix: Incorrect identification of site transients, props @ctalkington #### 1.7.1 – November 25, 2015 * Fix: Transients with “_site” in their name improperly processed #### 1.7 – October 20, 2015 * New: Added a Delete All Transients button, thanks @MatthewEppelsheimer #### 1.6.1 – September 3, 2015 * Fix: Only show Suspend Transients button to administrators #### 1.6 – August 18, 2015 * New: Added Toolbar option to suspend transient updates #### 1.5 – May 26, 2015 * Fix: Site wide transients not deleted when deleting transients with an expiration, props @freemp * Fix: Undefined index notice when deleting transients with an expiration #### 1.4 – May 13, 2015 * Bug: Site transients were not supported #### 1.3 – January 29, 2015 * New: Added Cancel button to the edit screen, props @freemp * New: Added Refresh button to the main screen, props @freemp * New: Added German translation, props @freemp * New: Added Brazilian Portuguese translation, props @freemp * Fix: Replaced English PO file with POT file #### 1.2.1 – January 26, 2015 * Fix: Properly detect class definitions that are passed to get_transient_value(), props @freemp #### 1.2 – July 21, 2014 * New: Added an option to bulk delete all transients that have an expiration date, thanks to [Mike Grace](https://github.com/MikeGrace) #### 1.1 * New: Added support for deleting expired transients in bulk * Fix: Bug with how the transient expiration date is determined * Fix: Bug with how the expiration date is shown for transients that don’t have an expiration date #### 1.0.1 * Fix: Bug with transients that include _transient_ in their name * Fix: Bug with the way expired transients are displayed * New: Added a languages folder with default language files #### 1.0 * First release! ## Meta * Version **2.0.7** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **20,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * PHP version ** 5.6.20 or higher ** * Languages * [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/transients-manager) * Tags * [cron](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cron/)[tool](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tool/) [transient](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/transient/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transients-manager/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 38 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/transients-manager/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/) * [ WPBeginner ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpbeginner/) * [ Pippin Williamson ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mordauk/) * [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/) ## Support Got something to say? 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