{"id":11077,"date":"2021-07-05T04:47:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T04:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=11077"},"modified":"2021-07-05T04:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T04:47:04","slug":"flush-wordpress-caching-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/flush-wordpress-caching-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Flush WordPress Caching Plugins?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress offers a collection of plugins for\u00a0caching your websites. It is one of the website optimization techniques that improve the loading speeds of your site. Caching makes a static copy of your otherwise dynamic site and reduces the time intervals for server rendering.<\/p>\n<p>The cache of these plugins requires regular clearing as it may continue to display the old version of your website to the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>We have put together the processes to flush the cache of four of the most popular WordPress plugins:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>W3 Total Cache<\/li>\n<li>WP Super Cache<\/li>\n<li>WP Fastest Cache<\/li>\n<li>Hyper Cache<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>W3 Total Cache<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your WordPress Admin Account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select the\u00a0<strong>Performance<\/strong> option from the navigation menu and click <strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/w3_total_cache_dashboard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"802\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on the <strong>empty all caches<\/strong>\u00a0button on the top of the dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12129\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_clear_all_cache-edit.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"813\" height=\"656\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. The system will generate a success message: <strong>All caches successfully emptied<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>WP Super Cache<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your WordPress Admin Account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong> and click on <strong>WP Super Cache<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12130\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_super_cache.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"857\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click on the <strong>Contents<\/strong> tab:<\/p>\n<p>Here, you will see all the cached data of your website. The cached files of cached and expired pages will appear.<\/p>\n<p>You can delete expired files by clicking the <strong>Delete Expired<\/strong> button or click the <strong>Delete Cache<\/strong> button to delete all cached files.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12132\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/del_expired_cache.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"602\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>WP Fastest Cache<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your WordPress Admin Account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click on the\u00a0<strong>WP Fastest Cache <\/strong>in the navigation menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_fastest_cache-min.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1690\" height=\"678\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Select the <strong>Delete Cache<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p>Here, you can choose to clear only the cache files or minified CSS files along with them.<\/p>\n<p>4. Click on the\u00a0<strong>Clear All Cache<\/strong> or <strong>Delete Cache and Minified CSS\/JS<\/strong>\u00a0button according to your requirement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12137\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/wp_cache_delete_options_censored.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"970\" height=\"717\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. The system will flash a success message.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12138\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/cache_file_delete_success.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1666\" height=\"125\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Hyper Cache<\/h2>\n<p>1. Log in to your WordPress Admin Account.<\/p>\n<p>2. Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong>\u00a0in the navigation menu and select <strong>Hyper Cache<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12139\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hyper_cache.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"856\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Click the <strong>Clean the whole cache<\/strong> button as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12140\" src=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/clean_whole_cache.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1708\" height=\"585\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A message saying: &#8220;<strong>The cache folder has been cleaned.<\/strong>&#8221; will appear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress offers a collection of plugins for\u00a0caching your websites. It is one of the website optimization techniques that improve the loading speeds of your site. 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