RSS Feed to Updating on Itunes, Google Play etc.

Hello @cryptocrux00,

What you describe sounds like a server caching issue. I did a quick lookup of your feed with our internal validator and see that your server is using Nginx (which is great), and I also see proxy server caching headers (which is also great). The great parts means that your web site can handle a lot of traffic, which is a good thing. The downfall though, as you are pointing out, is that the feed may be getting cached for 24 or 48 hours before it is re-checked and updated.

I would contact your web host to see if there is a plugin that can be added to your site that can clear your nginx cache with a simple click. This way you can clear this cache when ever you create new episodes so the feed gets updated promptly.

One other thing to consider is that you are not using a WP caching plugin with Nginx caching. This creates multiple layers where clearing the cache of one doesn’t clear the other and you end up with an odd rotation when the pages and feeds that are cached are updated. For the most part server level caching (which is what you have is much more preferred over plugin level caching, and there is no real need to have a caching plugin when you have server level caching (not 100% of the time but for the most part).

Well, I do have the option to go into my Hostgator and clear my cache with their service. I am not sure if that clears all server cache or not. I did try that before though, the first week it happened.

I have flushed my cache with their portal option, and removed the WP Super Cache plugin.

Okay cool. Hostgator may have a WordPress plugin to let you clear the cache from within WordPress. If they don’t you may want to ask for them to make such a plugin. Many other hosts including ours (Blubrry) we provide a plugin in our hosting that lets you clear the cache right from within WordPress.