A recent online discussion centered around the best approach in WordPress and WooCommerce to temporarily store a simple flag for a short duration, specifically ten minutes.
The goal is to ensure this flag persists across multiple page loads and isn’t cleared prematurely, with the specific use case of temporarily disabling emails.
The conversation explored the pros and cons of different WordPress data storage mechanisms like transients and options.
Let’s examine the recommended methods and the reasoning behind them for managing temporary flags in your WooCommerce store.
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