How to Clear WordPress Cache?

1. How To Clear WordPress Cache?

2. Table of Contents • Introduction • How does cache works in WordPress? • Why should you clear your WordPress cache? • Ways for clearing the cache • Steps of clearing a cache with WP super cache plugin • Steps of clearing a cache with W3 Total cache plugin • Conclusion

3. INTRODUCTION • Many factors influence the performance of website, including design, platform, and how you optimize its various elements. • One of the important ways to improve website performance is website caching. • Caching decreases the amount of work required to produce a webpage for viewing. • So, if the website receives a high volume of traffic, you can enable WordPress caching with the help of some plugins. • Although WordPress caching brings a lot of advantages, however, there is a need to clear such cache because of a variety of reasons as shown in Slide 5

4. How does cache works in WordPress? • When a user visits your website: • A request is sent to your server to display the web page. • Then, the server obtains the necessary data. • The data is then sent to the user’s browser as an HTML file which is then processed by the browser, which converts it and displays it as a webpage. • Upon the revisit of the user, the entire process will have to be repeated. Thus to avoid such case, we need a cache.

5. Why should you clear your WordPress cache? • When you publish a new post or make change to your content, the catching system automatically deletes any outdated or expired cached versions. • Sometimes your caching system fail to recognize changes and continue to display old, static, and cached versions. • However, conflict between cached version and the updates may cause your website to malfunction. • Hence, removal of WordPress cache becomes a necessity. • Few common scenarios in which such issue may occur, such as: • Updation of WordPress theme or plugins • If any website’s design elements or content is changed. • Your website is moved to new host • WordPress site is relocated to the root directory • Started using a plugin to compress images.

6. Ways for clearing the cache • Installing plugins is the simplest way to clear cache in WordPress websites. • Thus, you can take the help of plugins such as W3 Total cache or WP super cache to clear the WordPress cache.

7. Steps of clearing a cache with WP super cache plugin • Clearing a cache with the help of WP super cache plugin is a simple process and can be completed in few easy steps such as: • Login to your WordPress dashboard • Next, in the left side bar, navigate to “Settings” • Under “Settings”, press on WP super cache • In the WP super cache, scroll down below to click on the Delete cache button. • Thus, your WordPress cache will be cleared by the system successfully. Note: The above steps can be witnessed with the help of image in Slide 8

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9. Steps of clearing a cache with W3 Total cache plugin • Clearing your WordPress cache with the help of W3 total cache plugin can be done by following few steps: • Login to your WordPress panel • In the left sidebar, click on Performance>Dashboard • Next, at the top of page, click on empty all cache button • Thus, your WordPress cache will be cleared by the system successfully. Note: The above steps can be witnessed with the help of image in Slide 10

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11. Conclusion • Although it is crucial to enable caching on your website and manually clear it on regular basis. • However, you must be very much cautious, when dealing with cache in WordPress • A minor error can cause your website to crash or might delete important files. • Thus, it is advisable to have a backup of your website.

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