what are _transient_ options

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  • Anonymous User 12851872

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    Hi,
    Transients: results of a built-in WordPress caching system. They are particularly used to store feed displayed on the administration and many plugins use. In theory, they should be cleaned automatically, but if a plugin is poorly programmed, they can accumulate and inflate your database.

    So, “236212 transient options in your database” means things are pretty bad, right? And I should clean them asap?

    If I backup database before cleaning, will it backs-up transient options too? Since I’m not sure what they are and scared of deleting some necessary stuff, I just wanted to be better safe than sorry

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