cached_count_user_posts

cached_count_user_posts.php

<?php

/**
 * Cached version of count_user_posts, which is uncached but doesn't always need to hit the db
 *
 * Count_user_posts is generally fast, but it can be easy to end up with many redundant queries.
 * if it's called several times per request. This allows bypassing the db queries in favor of
 * the cache
 *
 * @param int       $user_id user id to get count.
 * @param int|array $types post type array or string.
 * @return string Count of users.
 */
function cached_count_user_posts( $user_id, $types = 'post' ) {
	if ( ! is_numeric( $user_id ) ) {
		return 0;
	}

	$cache_key   = 'cached_' . (int) $user_id;
	$cache_group = 'user_posts_count';

	$count = wp_cache_get( $cache_key, $cache_group );

	if ( false === $count ) {

		// @codingStandardsIgnoreLine.
		$count = count_user_posts( $user_id, $types );

        // 5 Mins, We don't want to handle cache invalidation.
		wp_cache_set( $cache_key, $count, $cache_group, 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS );
	}

	return $count;
}
?>