Title: Cache vs
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cache vs

 *  [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-vs/)
 * 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.

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 *  [anmari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anmari/)
 * (@anmari)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-vs/#post-2093163)
 * See Otto’s description at wp-tavern
 * [http://www.wptavern.com/forum/troubleshooting/785-when-use-cache-when-options.html#post6512](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](http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2010-July/033505.html)
 *  Thread Starter [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-vs/#post-2093175)
 * 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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## Tags

 * [cache](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cache/)
 * [transient](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/transient/)
 * [WP_CACHE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_cache/)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-vs/#post-2093175)
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