files size increase

  • Resolved ghina1

    (@ghina1)


    5 years, 5 months ago

    hello,

    I used to backup my wordpress website files located in the root directory as (.zip) file each week.

    I noticed recently that the .zip file backup increased without performing or amending anything .. I compered a two .zip file after unzip them to see what is new in the files… I noticed that the caching folder for the swift lite plugin added a new folder for (www domain) .. and keep increasing each week …

    why the size increase week by week? and how to solve that?

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  • Plugin Contributor Fred

    (@fredawd)

    This guide in our FAQ may help regarding growing size of your cache folder.

    after you installed Swift (or any other cache plugin) it is normal and necessary that an extra folder is created because the cached files must be stored somewhere.

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by Fred.
    Thread Starter ghina1

    (@ghina1)

    @fredawd but in the first time I installed swift lite plugin the size of all website files was around 760MB,and it remain static for more than 6 months, I noticed this increase during 1 months ..
    the website files increased from 780MB – 960MB during 1 moth, is that normal??
    and how can I stop that please?

    • This reply was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by ghina1.
    Thread Starter ghina1

    (@ghina1)

    @fredawd also how can I do this part:
    “Be sure to manually remove the entire contents of the cache folder and do the following steps”

    Plugin Contributor Fred

    (@fredawd)

    Through FTP or with a File Manager plugin. It is not uncommon that cache size increase. Start with following the provided solution.

    Thread Starter ghina1

    (@ghina1)

    @fredawd do you mean access the folders throug ftp and delete the whole caching folders?? or just the folder generated by this plugin? ( swift lite)?

    Plugin Contributor Fred

    (@fredawd)

    Yes, just the folder generated by Swift (../wp-content/cache/swift-performance).

    Thread Starter ghina1

    (@ghina1)

    @fredawd if i delete it manually will it be re-generated ??

    the score of my website in GTmetrix is high .. I don’t want to lose this rank after deleting the swift caching folder.

    please advise.. and thank you so much for your prompt feedback.

    Plugin Contributor Fred

    (@fredawd)

    Yes, Swift will recreate the folder and necessary files.

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