Title: Could this plugin be database-oriented?
Last modified: September 23, 2018

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# Could this plugin be database-oriented?

 *  Resolved [wpguillaume](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpguillaume/)
 * (@wpguillaume)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/)
 * Hello,
    I’ve read this answer from the plugin author on another topic:
 * > wp-Typography is output-oriented on purpose. It does not change the content
   > stored in the database.
 * May I ask why is that? I’m only discovering the subject of good typography practices
   and found out about your plugin, which seems to do a nice job.
    To avoid slowing
   down page loads, could the typographic parsing be applied either on demand, for
   text parts in the entire database, or when saving posts and pages, for instance?
   Maybe other plugins have made this choice? I understand this question might be
   naive, thank you for any answer. 🙂

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 *  Plugin Author [pepe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pputzer/)
 * (@pputzer)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10715017)
 * If wp-Typography directly changed the post content in the database, you would
   not be able to later switch settings and have them applied to all your posts.
   As for performance, wp-Typography uses extensive caching that is persistent on
   all reasonably configured platforms (i.e. using an object cache plugin).
 * While it would be possible to make plugin that unhooks the on-demand filters 
   and modifies the content on post save, I advise against doing so.
 *  Thread Starter [wpguillaume](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpguillaume/)
 * (@wpguillaume)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10715742)
 * > all reasonably configured platforms (i.e. using an object cache plugin)
 * Do you mean server-side, or by using ie WP Super Cache as advised in your FAQ?
   Or both? Are there any server requirements that I should ask my web host for?
 *  Plugin Author [pepe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pputzer/)
 * (@pputzer)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10715846)
 * I’m not sure what you mean by “server-side”, as WP Super Cache is running on 
   the server as well. You can find more information on the WordPress object cache(
   including a – probably not complete – listing of plugins providing a persistent
   object cache) in the [WordPress Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Object_Cache#Persistent_Cache_Plugins).
   There is also [a WPTavern article on persistent object caching](https://wptavern.com/persistent-object-caching).
 *  Thread Starter [wpguillaume](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpguillaume/)
 * (@wpguillaume)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10716931)
 * Yes, sorry, I used wrong terms. I was wondering if this “platform configuration”
   was something the web host was in charge of (ie out of my hands, apart from asking
   them) or something I should do as WordPress admin. It seems to be the latter,
   thanks for pointing me to some documentation!
 *  Plugin Author [pepe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pputzer/)
 * (@pputzer)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10716955)
 * Well, both. Most of those plugins depend on either a PHP extension (APCu) or 
   a memory database (Memcached, Redis) being available as the storage backend.
    -  This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by [pepe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pputzer/).
 *  Thread Starter [wpguillaume](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpguillaume/)
 * (@wpguillaume)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10716963)
 * Thanks for the precision. I’ll ask them, then. 🙂

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/could-this-plugin-be-database-oriented/#post-10716963)
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