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  • #107487
    Gernot Frey
    Guest

    After updating the plugin I got the following error:
    W3 Total Cache Error: some files appear to be missing or out of place. Please re-install plugin or remove /homepages/41/d564709459/htdocs/clickandbuilds/WordPress/HP_PT/wp-content/advanced-cache.php.
    I was not able to go into my dashboard so I removed advanced-cache.php. However, this did not help.
    I checked .htaccess in order to delete all comments like “#BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core” and “#END W3TC Page Cache core” and tried to delete the wp-content files and folders
    – cache folder
    – w3tc-config folder
    – advanced-cache.php
    – db.php
    – upgrade folder
    – w3-total-cache folder in wp-content/plugins.
    Anyway, some folder like
    – cache folder
    – upgrade folder
    – w3-total-cache folder in wp-content/plugins
    could not be deleted, I merely could deactivate the w3-total-cache plugin on the server.
    However, now re-installing w3-total-cache fails and I get a critical problem at Site Health like:
    Page cache was not detected and server response time is slow.
    What can I do, please help.
    Looking forward to your answer,
    Gernot

    #107546
    Marko Vasiljevic
    Keymaster

    Hello,

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!
    Just to confirm, you were not able to remove all W3 Total Cache files from the server?
    Can you please let me know what happened when you tried to delete:
    – cache folder
    – upgrade folder
    – w3-total-cache folder in wp-content/plugins

    You should make sure that all mentioned files are deleted to ensure that the W3 Total Cache is completely removed from the server, and then re-install the plugin in the plugin section.
    Please let me know if this helps!

    #107713
    Gernot Frey
    Guest

    Hello Marko,
    Thanks for helping me!
    When I tried to delete:
    – cache folder => failure: permission denied
    – upgrade folder => could be deleted
    – w3-total-cache folder in wp-content/plugins => failure: permission denied
    When I tried to re-install the plugin in the plugin section I got the information:
    Installation failed: The destination folder already exists.
    That’s it, I do not know what to do further…

    #108032
    Gernot Frey
    Guest

    Sorry, I’ve unsubscribed by accident to this forum topic. Please keep in contact, I am waiting for your assistence.
    Thanks!

    #108038
    Marko Vasiljevic
    Keymaster

    Hello,

    Thank you for your feedback.

    Please check your files and folder permissions on your server and make sure that these are sett as follows:
    folders – 755
    files – 644

    This will allow you to modify and delete the files.

    Thanks!

    #108245
    Gernot Frey
    Guest

    Thank you very much Marko,
    I changed the permissions and could remove all the files mentioned above. After that it was possible to re-install the w3-total-cache plugin. It works again perfectly and the problem is solved.
    Once more, many thanks!

    #108426
    Marko Vasiljevic
    Keymaster

    Hello Gernot,

    You are most welcome!

    We would really appreciate it if you could take a minute and post a review here. This will help us to continue offering a top-notch product to users.
    Thanks!

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