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title: 'wp transient type'
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<small>[Commands](/commands/) &raquo; [transient](/commands/transient/) &raquo; type</small>

`wp transient type` - Determine type of transients implementation.

<small>Quick links: <a href="https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/issues?q=is%3Aopen+label%3Acommand%3Atransient-type+sort%3Aupdated-desc">Github issues</a></small>

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Indicates whether the transients API is using an object cache or the
options table.

### EXAMPLES

    $ wp transient type
    Transients are saved to the wp_options table.



