A PHP snippet for Throttling Actions Using wp_using_ext_object_cache().
function maybe_throttle_heavy_action() {
if (!wp_using_ext_object_cache()) {
// Perform a lighter action or skip heavy processing.
error_log('Skipping heavy processing due to lack of external caching.');
} else {
// Perform the usual heavy action here.
error_log('Running heavy processing since caching is enabled.');
}
}
add_action('wp_loaded', 'maybe_throttle_heavy_action');