Why do you disable purge if cache is disabled?

  • This plugin has caused me so much confusion. I guess it’s because I didn’t understand that CF doesn’t have a free option to not cache logged-in users if you use their Cache Everything option.

    The “enable cache” on this plugin isn’t enabling CF cache. That’s already enabled. What it does is create a Cache Everything page rule.

    So, my question is, why do you disable the purge button if you disable the Cache Everything rule? There is still CF cache that can be purged even without the Cache Everything rule, so why not allow it?

    I know the main purpose of this plugin was supposed to be to allow use of the Cache Everything rule without having to pay for bypassing logged in users, but the plugin has a lot of other functionality besides that and seems like it should still let you purge CF cache even without the Cache Everything rule turned on.

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  • Plugin Contributor iSaumya

    (@isaumya)

    The “enable cache” on this plugin isn’t enabling CF cache. That’s already enabled. What it does is create a Cache Everything page rule.

    – yes that’s what’s needed to cache your pages and static files when using cloudflare.

    The “enable cache” on this plugin isn’t enabling CF cache. That’s already enabled. What it does is create a Cache Everything page rule.

    – Cause then the page cache is disabled. You should really read the plugin description and the the video.

    but the plugin has a lot of other functionality besides that and seems like it should still let you purge CF cache even without the Cache Everything rule turned on.

    – What do you mean? How that makes sense? If the page rule is not present in by default only the static files will be cached by cloudflare and the plugin can’t do it’s job so why the purge option be still enabled?

    Thread Starter m22878

    (@m22878)

    So if only the static files are cached by Cloudflare then there is never a reason to purge the CF cache?

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