{"id":18734,"date":"2020-02-25T16:16:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T21:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/?p=18734"},"modified":"2024-02-22T10:05:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T15:05:50","slug":"w3-total-cache-page-caching-faq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/support\/w3-total-cache\/w3-total-cache-page-caching-faq\/","title":{"rendered":"W3 Total Cache Page Caching FAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><p>This article lists some of the Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions regarding Page Caching and the different methods provided.<\/p>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\" style=\"margin-top: 60px;\">\n<div class=\"container w3tc-radius\" style=\"border-width: 0px; background-image: url('https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/upsell-darker-alt.png'); background-size: cover; background-position: 50% 5%;\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/upsell-darker-alt.png\">\n<div class=\"row upsell-column\" style=\"padding-top: 2em; padding-bottom: 2em; color: #ffffff;\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-1 col-md-1 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 hidden-sm\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-5 col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-7\">\n<p class=\"h3\" style=\"color: #ffffff; line-height: 40px; margin-top: 0;\"><strong>Speed Up Your WordPress Website.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\" class=\"h4\">A Difference of Just 100ms in Page Load Speeds Can Cause a Visitor to Prefer Your Competitor&rsquo;s Website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-md-5 col-sm-5 col-xs-12 text-center align-column-center\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\"><a class=\"button-w3tc-white\" style=\"border: 2px solid #30BEC4; font-size: 18px; padding: 15px 30px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boldgrid.com\/w3-total-cache\/#pricing\">View Plans<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4 id=\"my-pages-are-still-showing-old-content\">My pages are still showing old content<\/h4>\n<p>If cache invalidation is not occurring soon enough, resulting in pages showing expired content because the now invalid cache hasn&rsquo;t been rebuilt, you may attempt the following:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adjust the <b>Garbage Collection Interval<\/b> under <b>Page Cache &gt; Advanced<\/b> to a shorter interval.\n<ul>\n<li>This will force your page cache to be rebuilt more often, though keep in mind that adjusting this value may have an adverse performance impact if set too low.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Adjust the <b>Cache Preload<\/b> settings under <b>Page Cache &gt; Cache Preload<\/b> to automatically rebuild pages on a shorter interval\n<ul>\n<li>Ensure that you do not set the <b>Update Interval<\/b> too low or the <b>Pages Per Interval<\/b> too high, as this may have an adverse performance impact.<\/li>\n<li>Consider providing a <b>Sitemap URL<\/b>, as this will allow you to specify the order in which pages are rebuilt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch to using an in-memory caching method as shown in the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1QG6njMCSba-3CGBl-TT9ZuALFPmjGYKDKZH460btdZk\/edit#heading=h.tvoz99v954et\">VPS \/ Dedicated Server<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1QG6njMCSba-3CGBl-TT9ZuALFPmjGYKDKZH460btdZk\/edit#heading=h.fux3175ijnbp\">Multiple Server<\/a> sections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another cause of pages showing old content may be that your dynamic content is being cached. You may attempt the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclude pages that contain dynamic content from being cached under <b>Page Cache &gt; Advanced<\/b> so that the entire page isn&rsquo;t cached.\n<ul>\n<li>Note that if you have to add exclude rules for many pages, consider (add constant \/ use filter hook)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If a page requires small amounts of dynamic content, you may still cache this page by using mfunc functionality or adjust the page logic to use AJAX calls to pull such content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 id=\"enabling-page-caching-didnt-improve-my-performance\">Enabling page caching didn&rsquo;t improve my performance<\/h4>\n<p>Compare your page hit rate against the cache hit rate reported by your chosen method as when your cache hit rate is low, a plugin or your theme may be misusing or blocking page caching. You may check these values by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enabling <b>Page Cache<\/b> debugging under <b>General Settings &gt;<\/b> <b>Debug Mode<\/b>, which will append page statistics to the end of each HTML page when enabled.\n<ul>\n<li><b>Note:<\/b> Ensure that this is only enabled for testing purposes, as it has a negative impact on performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Consider upgrading to W3 Total Cache Pro, which provides access to the <b>Statistics<\/b> page that contains helpful information about all methods currently in use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be aware that all pages with query strings in the URL are not cached by default. You may attempt to reduce the impact of loading these pages by performing the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider reducing the total number of pages that have query strings by adjusting your <b>WordPress Permalinks<\/b> settings to an option other than <b>Plain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li>If a page requires a query string that is not likely to change or impact content, consider adding these URLs to <b>Page Cache &gt; Advanced &gt; Accepted Query Strings<\/b> so that they may be cached properly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article lists some of the Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions regarding Page Caching and the different methods provided. &nbsp; Speed Up Your WordPress Website. A Difference of Just 100ms in Page Load Speeds Can Cause a Visitor to Prefer Your Competitor&rsquo;s Website. 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