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hi,
I have about 42 Persistent Transient records that i can’t delete.
Everytime i try to clean this records they are back again.
The number is growing till it reaches 42.
I suspect a 301 redirect links, (using the broken link checker plugin, i’ve found some 301 redirect links that i have not created or maybe i did in the past but don’t remember)
So my question is: How to clean this stuff.

N.B: i checked all the cleanup tools and Run cleanup
I did a reset for the Refresh rewrite rules option (no success)

Thank you in advance for your help

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Hi,

Plugin can clean things, but it can’t prevent WordPress and other plugins from creating transient records again. Transients are used as sort of cache, and it is very useful to have. But sometimes they can grow out of control without proper timeouts set, so my plugin can remove that.

The only way to stop creation of transients is to find what is making them and disable that. But that is not something I can recommend.

Milan

Hi,
I understand that, the plugin do already a great job.
Please can you tell me where to look in the database to find what making this 301 redirect?
Or any other ideas to explore!
Thanks

I have no idea, it is not related to my plugin, and I don’t know what you used for that before.

🙂 i’ve been suspecting data in the database and cleaning them all day long still can’t find where is the problem with this hidden 301 redirects.
I’ve seen that you have some serious security plugins and a plugin to clean option tables.
In my case what plugin of your collection do you recommend to try and maybe that can help me to detect what is going on with this hidden redirects?

Thanks

My Smart Security Tools plugin has powerful events tracking system, but it currently can’t track 301 redirects since they are not necessarily considered security related events.

WordPress has canonical redirect system that uses 301 all the time: if visitor comes to your website with URL that WordPress things it should look differently, it will rewrite and redirect to correct URL. I will see about adding security event for 301 in next version of Smart Security Tools plugin, but right now I am not sure how that will work or if I can track it for log purposes.

Milan