How to Stop Minification?

curious…in the minify folder does it re-create the minified files too or is it an empty folder? I ask cuz i notice even when i have minified disabled this plugin still likes to say “minified using disk” as a comment but no minified files are created in the folder. Btw, when u get this resolved you can get rid of that footer comment via a remove_action function.

Thanks Kimberley. I just deleted the minify folder again after my site again went into maintenance mode by itself. Then I saw your comment. When it happens again I will check it and get back to you. Thanks.

Hi Kimberley. Yes, it creates new files, it happened again this morning. So frustrating, my site keeps going into maintenance mode even though I uninstalled the maintenance mode plugin ages ago!

Ah you had a maintenance mode plugin too? Curious…do you see a: .maintenance file in your root folder (the folder where wp-settings.php file is located)? Note the prefixed “.” which indicates its a hidden file so depending on your environment this file may not display by default. You will need to remove this file to prevent maintenance mode from activating. This file is triggered by wordpress and simply tells wordpress when to set your site (the time) in maintenance mode. Also if you see in your wp-content folder a maintenance.php file that is what is generating the actual html page during maintenance. However, without the .maintenance file this php file shouldn’t be triggered so you don’t need to delete it.

As for your minified files popping up again. So to be clear when using a file manager you are seeing a new folder in /wp-content/cache/minify/000000/<your domain here> created (even when you delete the cache folder) and inside you see several minified files regenerated (even after deletion)?

Secondly, on your website homepage do you see one of these minified files in the source? meaning the homepage is actually using this newly generated minified file?

And thirdly, i know you said it was disabled but just to be sure, under Performance > General Settings > Minify — the Minify checkbox is unchecked. Correct?

I’m wondering then if in your wp-cron (called “cron” in your dbase under the wp_options table)is still triggering the w3tc_minify action every xx days and this plugin therefore is ignoring your disable request (ie, a bug). I know page caching has a prime caching feature that does a auto recaching but minify only has one for external files. I wonder if then this plugin is attempting to re-minify external files that it found, ignoring your disable minify request. Under: Performance > Minify > Adanced – Update external files every does it have a value in the range of a few days or earlier?

Thanks for the info
Kimberly

Ah you had a maintenance mode plugin too? Curious…do you see a: .maintenance file in your root folder (the folder where wp-settings.php file is located)? Note the prefixed “.” which indicates its a hidden file so depending on your environment this file may not display by default. You will need to remove this file to prevent maintenance mode from activating. This file is triggered by wordpress and simply tells wordpress when to set your site (the time) in maintenance mode. Also if you see in your wp-content folder a maintenance.php file that is what is generating the actual html page during maintenance. However, without the .maintenance file this php file shouldn’t be triggered so you don’t need to delete it.

As for your minified files popping up again. So to be clear when using a file manager you are seeing a new folder in /wp-content/cache/minify/000000/<your domain here> created (even when you delete the cache folder) and inside you see several minified files regenerated (even after deletion)?

Secondly, on your website homepage do you see one of these minified files in the source? meaning the homepage is actually using this newly generated minified file?

And thirdly, i know you said it was disabled but just to be sure, under Performance > General Settings > Minify — the Minify checkbox is unchecked. Correct?

I’m wondering then if in your wp-cron (called “cron” in your dbase under the wp_options table)is still triggering the w3tc_minify action every xx days and this plugin therefore is ignoring your disable request (ie, a bug). I know page caching has a prime caching feature that does a auto recaching but minify only has one for external files. I wonder if then this plugin is attempting to re-minify external files that it found, ignoring your disable minify request. Under: Performance > Minify > Adanced – Update external files every does it have a value in the range of a few days or earlier?

Thanks for the info
Kimberly