This plugin has a serious problem with transient flooding

  • Resolved sarangsss29

    (@sarangsss29)


    3 years, 12 months ago

    Hi,
    I really liked the MWL plugin. However, the plugin is creating just too many transient entries in the wp-options table.
    It is adding _transient_mwl_exif_
    So many entries that it grew the wp-options table to over 15 MB.
    Please fix this.
    I can share a screenshot of the wp-options table from php myadmin, but I don’t know whether that’s a good idea.
    If it’s safe, I can share it.

    Edit: I have deactivated the plugin for now. Please let me know how to delete the transients from this plugin. Will it expire automatically away after 24 hours? Or do I manually have to delete it?

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 12 months ago by sarangsss29.
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  • Plugin Author Jordy Meow

    (@tigroumeow)

    Hi,

    It’s not flooding ?? It’s the way the cache is handled. It could be handled in files, so that you don’t see it, but the fastest way to do this is by using the database. In you case, it’s quite big, but I don’t think it would impact the performance.

    This cache is created for each page, and contains all the metadata needed by the lightbox for each image used in that page.

    Those transients expire every month.

    You can delete all those transients in the plugin by using the Reset Cache button.

    Thread Starter sarangsss29

    (@sarangsss29)

    Hi @tigroumeow
    Thanks for the response. I was able to remove the transients using a third-party plugin and optimized the wp-options. It is now down to 3.8 MB.

    It could be handled in files, so that you don’t see it, but the fastest way to do this is by using the database. In you case, it’s quite big, but I don’t think it would impact the performance.

    This cache is created for each page, and contains all the metadata needed by the lightbox for each image used in that page.

    Is this the default behavior of the plugin? I wonder why it needs caching. Is there a way I can disable the caching and just use the lightbox feature? If that’s possible.

    Thread Starter sarangsss29

    (@sarangsss29)

    Hi @tigroumeow
    Can I get some response on this?

    This cache is created for each page, and contains all the metadata needed by the lightbox for each image used in that page.

    Is this the default behavior of the plugin? I wonder why it needs caching. Is there a way I can disable the caching and just use the lightbox feature? If that’s possible.

    What options should I choose from this to disable caching and just use the lightbox functionality?
    https://prnt.sc/vx94kz

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by sarangsss29.
    Plugin Author Jordy Meow

    (@tigroumeow)

    Hi,

    The option is not available yet, but I will add it in the next release. However, am afraid the plugin will slow down the page too much, especially if you have galleries.

    In fact, do you have an issue related to those transients? A database doesn’t automatically get slower because it grows in size, it’s a bit more complicated than that. However, the fact of not having cache will definitely slow it down and way more requests and file analysis will be performed, and that’s by far, much worse.

    Thread Starter sarangsss29

    (@sarangsss29)

    Hi @tigroumeow
    Thanks for the response.

    The option is not available yet, but I will add it in the next release.

    It would be really appreciated to have an option to try out the disable caching feature.

    However, am afraid the plugin will slow down the page too much, especially if you have galleries.

    I don’t know, there are many lightboxes that don’t use caching, but work really well.
    Like WP Featherlight or responsive lightbox.
    I like Meow lightbox because it works out of the box with Jetpack’s photon (site accelerator) feature. And Jetpack’s carousel feature is really bad.

    Plugin Author Jordy Meow

    (@tigroumeow)

    Hi,

    I just pushed a new version. You can now disable the cache and see how it goes ??

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