Who should use Performant Transients?

Performant Transients is a B2B product built for wordPress site administrators and developers.

Does Performant Transients have a free plan?

Yes — Performant Transients is free to use.

What platforms does Performant Transients run on?

Performant Transients runs on the web.

Is Performant Transients still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What are alternatives to Performant Transients?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Transients, Flush Transients, and Performant Translations.

Who develops Performant Transients?

Performant Transients is developed by Peter Wilson.

How long has Performant Transients been around?

Performant Transients first shipped in 2024.

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Performant Transients

Name: Performant Transients
Author: Peter Wilson

wordpress.orgOther dev tools

Performant Transients is a utility WordPress plugin that backports a transient-query performance improvement to earlier WordPress versions. It primes transient and timeout options in a single database call, helping sites without persistent caching reduce database queries.

FreeMITWebCloud-managed

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Overview

4 features

Performant Transients sits in PulseGate's Other dev tools category. It focuses on reducing unnecessary database calls for temporary transients on older WordPress installations. Performant Transients is a B2B product aimed at wordPress site administrators and developers. Performant Transients costs nothing to use. It runs on the web.

Behind Performant Transients is Peter Wilson, and it first shipped in 2024. Key capabilities include transient caching, option cache priming, and database query reduction. The interface is available in English, Hungarian, and Japanese. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Transient caching
Option cache priming
Database query reduction
Legacy WordPress support

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License

MIT

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Indexing history

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Indexed2 Sept · 19:41 UTC
Performant Transients verified via WordPress Plugins
Source: WordPress Plugins · Open

Frequently asked questions about Performant Transients

What does Performant Transients do?: Performant Transients focuses on reducing unnecessary database calls for temporary transients on older WordPress installations. It is catalogued under Other dev tools on PulseGate.
Who should use Performant Transients?: Performant Transients is a B2B product built for wordPress site administrators and developers.
Does Performant Transients have a free plan?: Yes — Performant Transients is free to use.
What platforms does Performant Transients run on?: Performant Transients runs on the web.
Is Performant Transients still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What are alternatives to Performant Transients?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Transients, Flush Transients, and Performant Translations.Transients Flush Transients Performant Translations
Who develops Performant Transients?: Performant Transients is developed by Peter Wilson.
How long has Performant Transients been around?: Performant Transients first shipped in 2024.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Hungarian, Japanese
Open source: Yes (GitHub)
License: MIT
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site administrators and developers
Model: B2B
Solves: Reducing unnecessary database calls for temporary transients on older WordPress installations.

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GitHub: peterwilsoncc/performant-transients
WordPress.org: performant-transients

Developer

Peter Wilson

Solo developer

GitHub

Open source

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Stars: 0
Forks: 0
Open issues: 0
Last commit: 13 May 2024
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 1
Authorship: Solo
Default branch: main
Latest release: 1.0.0 · 12 May 2024

Index record

Indexed: 2 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 2 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: performant-transients-wordpress-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 2 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 2 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/performant-transients

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