delete_site_transient() │ WP 2.9.0

Deletes a site transient.

Hooks from the function

Returns

true|false. True if the transient was deleted, false otherwise.

Usage

delete_site_transient( $transient );
$transient(string) (required)
Transient name. Expected to not be SQL-escaped.

Changelog

Since 2.9.0 Introduced.

delete_site_transient() code WP 7.0

wp-includes/option.php 
function delete_site_transient( $transient ) {

	/**
	 * Fires immediately before a specific site transient is deleted.
	 *
	 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$transient`, refers to the transient name.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @param string $transient Transient name.
	 */
	do_action( "delete_site_transient_{$transient}", $transient );

	if ( wp_using_ext_object_cache() || wp_installing() ) {
		$result = wp_cache_delete( $transient, 'site-transient' );
	} else {
		$option_timeout = '_site_transient_timeout_' . $transient;
		$option         = '_site_transient_' . $transient;
		$result         = delete_site_option( $option );

		if ( $result ) {
			delete_site_option( $option_timeout );
		}
	}

	if ( $result ) {

		/**
		 * Fires after a transient is deleted.
		 *
		 * @since 3.0.0
		 *
		 * @param string $transient Deleted transient name.
		 */
		do_action( 'deleted_site_transient', $transient );
	}

	return $result;
}