delete_transient( string $transient )
Delete a transient.
Description Description
Parameters Parameters
- $transient
-
(string) (Required) Transient name. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.
Return Return
(bool) true if successful, false otherwise
Source Source
File: wp-includes/option.php
619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 | function delete_transient( $transient ) { /** * Fires immediately before a specific transient is deleted. * * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$transient`, refers to the transient name. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $transient Transient name. */ do_action( "delete_transient_{$transient}", $transient ); if ( wp_using_ext_object_cache() ) { $result = wp_cache_delete( $transient, 'transient' ); } else { $option_timeout = '_transient_timeout_' . $transient; $option = '_transient_' . $transient; $result = delete_option( $option ); if ( $result ) { delete_option( $option_timeout ); } } if ( $result ) { /** * Fires after a transient is deleted. * * @since 3.0.0 * * @param string $transient Deleted transient name. */ do_action( 'deleted_transient', $transient ); } return $result;} |
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Changelog Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 2.8.0 | Introduced. |
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Clearing our transient via the edit_term hook
// Create a simple function to delete our transientfunctionwpdocs_edit_term_delete_transient() {delete_transient('special_query_results');}// Add the function to the edit_term hook so it runs when categories/tags are editedadd_action('edit_term','wpdocs_edit_term_delete_transient');