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21760	get_term_by() calls are not cached	wonderboymusic		{{{get_term()}}} is the simplest way to retrieve one term, but it requires {{{term_id}}} and {{{taxonomy}}}. Because of this, terms are cached with {{{term_id}}} as key and {{{$taxonomy}}} as bucket. As a result, you can't easily grab a term by slug, unless you use {{{get_term_by( 'slug' )}}}. {{{get_term_by( 'slug' )}}} and {{{get_term_by( 'name' )}}} don't even have a query cache, so they go to the database every time. Because you can't get a term by {{{slug}}} without hitting the db, every place you want to get a term by {{{slug}}}: you first have to transform it into a {{{term_id}}} where it will then be cached. This is inefficient because the user may query by {{{slug}}} constantly and never by {{{term_id}}}.	enhancement	new	normal	Future Release	Taxonomy	2.3	normal		has-patch needs-unit-tests	aaroncampbell ben@… erick@…