Delete Expired Transients

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1. ★★★★★ ganohr

   3.4y ago

   easy to use. 簡単に利用できる。

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2. ★★★★★ wolkoff68

   8.0y ago

   Subj! 😉

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3. ★★★★★ G

   8.0y ago

   Still works great, perfect on Multisite…

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4. ★★★★★ Perrorist

   9.0y ago

   Just installed and left it to do its magic. After a while I checked the options table and sure enough almost all the transients had been deleted. Couldn’t ask for more.

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5. ★★★★★ sojasoja

   9.3y ago

   This is a great plugin, effective, simple and direct, plus great support, amazing job!!!! Thank you!

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6. ★★★★★ SVTX

   9.7y ago

   Very useful plugin! Thanks!

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7. ★★★★★ Robert Peake

   10.1y ago

   Given the preponderance of MySQL-backed transient storage installations, this or something like it really should be part of Codex.

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8. ★★★★★ linux4me2

   10.7y ago

   Now and then, I run across a plugin that is simple, well-designed and fills a need painlessly and efficiently. Delete Expired Transients is just such a plugin. I have a client whose site uses the Diverse Solutions dsIDXPress plugin, which was bloating the options table in the database with thousands of records containing expired transients. Delete Expired Transients cleaned out the options table and keeps it cleaned out. Thanks for a great plugin!

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.0.7 Released 2018-11-19 tested: WordPress 5.0 2.0.7

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Translated into 100 languages, 11 at 90% or more

Plus 76 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-07-27 6K+ → 5K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2024-07-25 5K+ → 6K+ up after 11 days in tier
3. 2024-07-14 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-07-13 5K+ → 6K+ up after 6 days in tier
5. 2024-07-07 6K+ → 5K+ down after 11 days in tier
6. 2024-06-26 5K+ → 6K+ up after 26 days in tier
7. 2024-05-31 6K+ → 5K+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2024-05-30 5K+ → 6K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Transient Cleaner 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• NHR Advanced Options Table Manager & Autoload Optimizer 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• F Flush Transients 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• WP Super Cache 1M+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag B
• WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Delete Expired Transients: 5K+ active installs, 5.0★ (13 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/delete-expired-transients