Anonymous

#4810

Syahir,

I am getting some recurring database entries. They are in the wp_options table.

Most all begin with _transient and include the following variations:

1. _transient_feed_mod

2. _transient_timeout_feed_mod

3. _transient_feed

4. _transient_timeout_feed

5. _transient_dash

6. _transient_timeout_dash

7. _site_transient_theme_roots

8. _site_transient_timeout_theme_roots

I was working on my plugin and noticed these entries.

Any idea where they might originate from?

It’s most likely something I’ve done. Just not sure what.

Thanks.

[Admin]

Syahir Hakim

#29329

Those are from WordPress caching mechanism (hence the “transient”). It’s completely normal. Don’t worry about it.

Anonymous

#29330

Okay. It seems there are about 1000 of these entries. Harmless?

I also noticed by RSS feed within the dashboard isn’t loading. I receive this error:

RSS Error: A feed could not be found at http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch_feeds?scoring=d&ie=utf-8&num=10&output=rss&partner=wordpress&q=link:http://www.joshlobe.com/. A feed with an invalid mime type may fall victim to this error, or SimplePie was unable to auto-discover it.. Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed.

Possibly related?

[Admin]

Syahir Hakim

#29331

Quote:

Okay. It seems there are about 1000 of these entries. Harmless?

Yep. Though some clever hackers might hide their less benevolent entry in there.

As for the RSS feed error, I don’t think it’s related, but I don’t know what might be causing it either.

Anonymous

#29332

Hah… yeah I’ve seen a few “less benevolent” entries, that’s for sure. But, the more I learn the better I get at being pro-active… rather than re-active.

Okay, I’ll continue digging. Thank you for your quick responses!