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Gambit Cache Menus

Shave off a few milliseconds on your site loading time

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Tested up to WordPress 4.0
Current version1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 4.0
Minimum stackWP 3.8 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update19 Sept 201412y ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Gambit Cache Menus version 1.0 as active, updated 12y ago and tested up to WordPress 4.0.

Overview

About this plugin

Gambit Cache Menus caches the menus that you use in your front end. This may not be much (an estimate of 18 milliseconds per menu), but if you have large multilevel menus, and a lot of site visitors, then the speed savings may bring a lot of benefits.

Just install and activate the plugin, there are no settings page.

002 seconds.

Features

  • Shaves off 18ms per menu
  • Uses the Transient API
  • Lightweight
  • Cleanly coded plugin

How Does it Work

It’s all about the Transient API. When a menu is rendered in the front end, the rendered menu is saved as a transient for caching. Future menu renderings use this cached copy afterwards.

When the menu is updated, or when menu locations are changed, the transient is forcibly expired to make way for the updated menu.

This Is Also a Tutorial

Transients are cool. If you’re not familiar with them then we documented the code well so that you can check it out.

There should be a companion tutorial about Transients soon.

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • loading speed
  • nav menu
  • wp menu
  • wp nav menu
  • cache
  • caching
  • optimization
  • transient
  • w3
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 4.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 4.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to4.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 3.8 · PHP not listed
Update activity19 Sept 201412y ago

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