Title: Don’t use Transient API?
Last modified: January 11, 2023

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# Don’t use Transient API?

 *  [Florian Simeth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/floriansimeth/)
 * (@floriansimeth)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-use-transient-api/)
 * Hey Thimo,
 * I just wanted to reach out and say thank you for creating such a great plugin.
   I’ve been using it for a while now, and it’s been a huge help for my website.
 * I did have a question for you though. I noticed that the plugin uses the Transient
   API in WordPress, and I’ve been having some issues with it not working properly
   when the expiration time is set to 0. Specifically, when using an object cache
   like Redis, it seems like the data is getting deleted even though the expiration
   is set to 0, especially when memory gets tight.
 * I was wondering if there’s any way that this could be fixed? I think it would
   be a better idea to use the Options API or to set up a cron job that can fetch
   fresh data.
 * Let me know if you have any questions or need any more information.
 * Thanks,
   Flo

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 *  Plugin Author [Thimo Grauerholz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pr3ss-play/)
 * (@pr3ss-play)
 * [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-use-transient-api/#post-16377124)
 * Hi Flo,
 * Thank you for your feedback!
   Mostly I’m proposing to disable object caches, because
   of your findings. I must admit that I’m currently out of time maintaining the
   plugin as necessary. If someone wants to participate extending and maintaining
   the plugin, is very welcome.
 * Thanks,
   Thimo

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-use-transient-api/#post-16377124)
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