{"id":4325,"date":"2018-02-06T21:26:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T21:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2018\/02\/06\/delete-wordpress-transients-using-wp-cli\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T13:51:18","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:51:18","slug":"delete-wordpress-transients-using-wp-cli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-cli\/delete-wordpress-transients-using-wp-cli\/","title":{"rendered":"Delete WordPress Transients Using WP-CLI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress utilizes <em>Transients<\/em> to manage the cache. If you are experiencing issues with cached pages or a plugin&#8217;s functionality, deleting the transients (stored in the database for the website) may resolve the issue. In this guide, you will learn how to <strong>delete transients<\/strong> using the <strong>WordPress Command Line Interface<\/strong> (<em>WP-CLI<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#expired-transients\">Delete Expired Transients Using WP-CLI<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#all-transients\">Delete All Transients Using WP-CLI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-danger\">WARNING: We strongly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/cpanel\/cpanel-backups\/#database\/\">backing up your database<\/a> before using the commands in the tutorial below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"expired-transients\">Delete Expired Transients Using WP-CLI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\">\n\n<li> <a title=\"Click here to navigate to our guide and learn how to use SSH to connect to your server\" style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/shared-reseller-ssh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SSH into your server<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> as the cPanel user that owns the website you want to delete expired transients for.<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n<li>Use the cd command to switch to the <a title=\"Click here to navigate to our guide and learn how to find the document root directory of your website.\" style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"\/support\/website\/where-to-upload-files\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document root directory of your website<\/a>. For example:<\/p><pre>cd public_html\/my_website<\/pre><div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"><b>NOTE: <\/b>Be sure to replace <span class=\"cli\"><b>public_html\/my_website<\/b><\/span> with the actual path to the document root directory of your website.<\/div><\/li>\n\n\n<li>Run the following command:<pre>wp transient delete-expired<\/pre><br>The following output will be displayed once the command finishes running:<br>\n\n<code>exampl3@example.com &#091;~\/public_html]# wp transient delete-expired<br>\nSuccess: <\/strong>32 expired transients deleted from the database.\n<\/code>\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"all-transients\">Delete All Transients Using WP-CLI<\/h2>\n\n\n<ol class=\"article_list wp-block-list\">\n\n<li> <a title=\"Click here to navigate to our guide and learn how to use SSH to connect to your server\" href=\"\/support\/server\/ssh\/shared-reseller-ssh\/\">SSH into your server<\/a> as the cPanel user that owns the website you want to delete all transients for.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Use the <strong>cd<\/strong> command to switch to the <a title=\"Click here to navigate to our guide and learn how to find the document root directory of your website.\" href=\"\/support\/website\/where-to-upload-files\/\">document root directory of your website<\/a>.For example: <pre>cd public_html\/my_website<\/pre><div class=\"alert alert-info\" role=\"alert\"><b>NOTE: <\/b>Be sure to replace <b>public_html\/my_website<\/b> with the actual path to the document root directory of your website.<\/div> <\/li>\n\n\n<li>Run the following command:<pre>wp transient delete-all<\/pre><br>The following output will be displayed once the command finishes running:\n<br>\n\n<code>exampl3@example.com &#091;~\/public_html]# wp transient delete-all<br>\nSuccess:<\/strong> 38 transients deleted from the database.<\/code>\n\n<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p><b>Congratulations!<\/b> Now you know how to troubleshoot caching issues by <strong>deleting expired WordPress transients<\/strong> in the database.<\/p>\n\n<p>Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wp-cli\/\">WP-CLI<\/a>, the command-line interface for WordPress, and how to streamline your WordPress maintenance workflows!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress utilizes Transients to manage the cache. 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