restoring wfcache

  • Resolved rpsellers

    (@rpsellers)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Something on a site I haven’t seen before. They ended up after an upgrade losing their wp-login along with many other pages, and it actually looked like they had been hacked with a single user ID that didn’t match any users they had. After gaining access, then doing a database restore from the only backup available, the site (https://fpcgreenville.org) seems correct – that is, until someone logs in. While logged in, and clicking the “visit site” link, the home page shows content that is over a year old. I’ve figured out that the wfcache is providing the current content that is correct and should be “live” in all circumstances.

    My question is, how can I restore the wfcache content to be the actual “live” content on the site? While these folks may have a more recent backup, this is all I have to work with at the moment, and it’s perfect – until someone logs in; then the content views from a year back.

    Thanks for any suggestions.

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  • Plugin Author WFMattR

    (@wfmattr)

    Hi,

    If the old content only appears after the user has logged in, it sounds like the database that was restored was a much older copy.

    The content in wfcache is only used when a user is not logged in, so that it doesn’t affect what admin or editor would see when working on the site. Unfortunately, these are complete HTML pages (generated by the theme + plugins + content), so there isn’t a way to put the wfcache content back into the database as posts/pages.

    If they do have a newer backup that includes a copy of the database, that might be the only good option to restore the content of the site.

    If you need post/page content that’s currently only showing up when users aren’t logged in, make sure to save a copy separate from the site — wfcache files can be overwritten or cleared, when posts are published or existing posts are edited, or in other cases.

    -Matt R

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