Plugin occupies 1+ GB (compressed) cache tmp files

  • Resolved Darko A7

    (@darko-a7)


    2 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,

    Very nice plugin overall, use it for several years, but ever since you switched to “soft deleting” of cached files, problems hitting quota limit of disk space on my server started to appear.

    To cut long story short, WHY can’t we DELETE cache files FOR REAL when we hit the d*mn “clear cache” button in Admin Dashboard? This is really, really frustrating for me.

    I don’t care for actual performance during the delete operation itself, that’s never been the issue, but tons of occupied space for nothing – is.

    Also, it makes my server very slow during backup schedule, because tons of small temp cache files sitting there inside /cache folder take time to scan, add and compress.

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Author Emre Vona

    (@emrevona)

    it means that you clear cache too often. please take a look at the following tutorial.
    https://www.wpfastestcache.com/tutorial/clear-cache-process/

    Thread Starter Darko A7

    (@darko-a7)

    Hi, it’s not a problem for me to make a function that will *actually* clear the content of the cache folder properly, but I was not aware of the problem until today.

    Yes, cache is cleared each time an article receives an update, which may occur 100x in a single day. This is normal (in my case).

    Now, I am not sure I understand the second part:
    “2. Later, the temporary folder which is /wp-content/cache/tmpWpfc/ is cleared in time”

    At which time? It is unclear tbh.

    Thanks!

    Plugin Author Emre Vona

    (@emrevona)

    it depends on the request number. 100 files are deleted for every request.

    Thread Starter Darko A7

    (@darko-a7)

    Ok, I’ll mark this as resolved, although I still don’t get you. Per 1 request plugin will delete 100 temp files? Sorry, can you be more explicit, of course, I can take a look at plugin’s code, but it will take time to analyze it.

    In any case, I have excluded cache dir from backups, which is another part of solution.

    Thanks

    Plugin Author Emre Vona

    (@emrevona)

    it works with the wp hook system. when PHP is executed, our clearing tmp file system works.

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