Pages not updating for hours after save (no cache plugins, various browsers etc)

  • Hello,

    I’m trying to make basic CSS changes to a WP 4.0 site running the BlogMagic theme. I have no cache plug-ins.

    I test my CSS in Chrome DevTools, then add it to the site under Appearance > Editor. I click ‘Update file’.

    My new CSS rules aren’t taken into account on the site. I’ve tried refreshing, clearing cookies, hosted app data, etc. I’ve tried Chrome and Firefox on desktop, and Safari on mobile. Viewing page source then searching the correct CSS file shows that my modifications just aren’t there.

    After spending over an hour on this last night, I eventually gave up, removed my half-complete modifications and went to sleep. This morning, the site is back in its clean state, so my clean-up changes were obviously taken into account, but over the course of the night.

    So my question – why is it taking hours for my changes to come into effect? Surely clearing the browser cache should have done the trick if it were being cached somewhere? Could it possibly be a problem/delay in the theme? (The file I’m editing is the BlogMagic css file.)

    So has anyone else had this or a similar problem? If so, how did you resolve it? Any ideas and input would be appreciated!

    Thanks.

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  • Hi,

    It seems that there is some sort of caching going on. If you’re using Cloudflare or Google to speed the delivery of your site, that could be the issue.

    Are you able to provide a link to the site and make a CSS addition that won’t affect the site, so I can see what you see?

    It sounds like the problem was on the server end of things. Did you try contacting your hosting provider?

    Thread Starter aurumpotestasest

    (@aurumpotestasest)

    There’s no caching on the hosting side.

    I’ve also tried checking wp-config.php for the line //define('WP_CACHE', true);, which was already commented out.

    Also commented out the line define( 'WPCACHEHOME', '/..../blog/wp-content/plugins/wp-super-cache/' ); //Added by WP-Cache Manager and that hasn’t changed anything.

    I’d be really keen to hear any other ideas people might have – waiting basically a full day, or overnight, for small changes is really impractical for development ??

    If you could post the URL along with an example of a change, that would be very helpful.

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