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Hi,
I was looking through the information for this plugin, seeking to understand the implications of installing it.
On the page , in the comparison with your Pro version, in the comparison chart, comparing Object Cache Pro with the version here (and various other plugins), there was one item that particularly interested me, under “Reliability”:
Mitigates race conditions
Object Cache Pro allows hundreds of users to perform similar or identical actions concurrently without losing valuable data, by mitigating race conditions in WordPress core and 3rd-party plugins.
In the comparison table, there’s a “tick” for that only for Object Cache Pro, and not for anything else – and specifically, not for this plugin.
This would appear to imply that, should I install this plugin (free version) on a site, then I will have introduced a new risk of race conditions; I will be at risk of “losing valuable data”. (Whereas without the plugin, on a vanilla WP install in respect of object cacheing, i.e. no such cacheing, there won’t be any race conditions related to cached items, and one’s data will be safe).
Have I understood that correctly?
Further reviewing the page , it seems to be telling me the same thing; the free version is not simply not as powerful/fast/fully-featured as the Pro version, but using it actively introduces the risks of “ominous, impossible-to-track issues … Lost conversions, failed credit card charges, and sometimes worse … “, leaving one at risk of not being able to “sleep at night”. This sounds quite concerning!
Thank you,
David