When to use Transients API and how

[bph]

Discussed in #29

^{Originally posted by bph December 4, 2022}
Thank you @milana for suggesting this topic.
When you have a minute, maybe you can elaborate a bit on what this blog could cover.

[ryanwelcher]

I have started my draft here. It's not ready for review yet but I wanted to get it added here for reference

[ryanwelcher]

Draft is ready for first review - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qju0NTZGVc5ESqrZi_h39PPu4dCLvIiwy3vGuRTVNyg/edit#heading=h.7mmnqqs4uize

@zzap I'd love your input on this. Especially any good use-cases that can be added.

[justintadlock]

I'm working on the first review.

[justintadlock]

Great job, @ryanwelcher! I'm finished with the first review.

[zzap]

@ryanwelcher thank you so much for working on this article. Great job and very informative.

@zzap I'd love your input on this. Especially any good use-cases that can be added.

I think you have great examples. Another good one could be saving third-party API response.

Another thing I would add, because I hear many developers mixing these two, is the main difference between caching and transients: storage (object, page, browser vs database and memory if caching is enabled), persistence etc

[ryanwelcher]

Another good one could be saving third-party API response.

Fantastic example, I'll get that added.

Another thing I would add, because I hear many developers mixing these two, is the main difference between caching and transients: storage (object, page, browser vs database and memory if caching is enabled), persistence etc

Great callout. I need to update the intro and this might be a good fit there.