WordPress Changes aren't showing? Here's how to fix the Issue

Mar 30, 2022
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Are you having issues with WordPress modifications not appearing in your blog? It's a common issue that affects WordPress users. The majority of times, the issue stems from cache issues, either in your own web browser as well as your WordPress website's cache, or your content delivery network's cache (CDN).

In this post we'll explore the reasons behind these issues and why caching can cause problems with WordPress changes not showing. Then, we'll show you the steps you can take to find out the issue and fix the changes visible to you and your site's visitors are able to see the latest updates on your website.

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How long does it take to get WordPress to make changes?

This is the kind of thing that ought to take place.

But since you're reading this post it's likely that you've realized that things don't always go as planned.

What's wrong with my WordPress Site Not Updating?

There are a variety of caching which could be preventing your from seeing any changes to your WordPress site:

It's not necessary to know the mechanisms behind caching today. It's a matter of an earlier version of your website is being saved to the "cache."

Even having updated the WordPress version of your WordPress server, your visitors (and you) might still be seeing an older version and cached version of your website not displaying the new changes you pushed live recently.

The majority of this section demonstrating the best way to clean these caches, and "reload" them to the most recent version of your site. When you've cleared the cache, both you and your site visitors will see changes right away.

With that done, let's get into how to solve the issue.


What can I do to fix WordPress Website Not Updating Problems

These troubleshooting procedures will be broken down into four major sections:

For the first three, it is recommended to work through them starting from the top and working down. Start by clearing your browser cache before moving on to other steps in sequence.

How to Fix Problems With browser Caching

Here are a few ways to achieve that.

Refresh your browser with a hard refresh

If you insist on a full refresh, the browser will skip the cache and download all the web server resources.

For the first step start, click a tab that is the page on your site where you expect to see modifications. Then, hit the keyboard keys:

  • CTRL + F5on Windows
  • Cmd+R on Mac

Clean Your Internet Browser Cache

If you didn't get the desired hard refresh to succeed, you may need to clear your browser's cache completely. The process will clear all of the cached files and ensure that you download new versions of all files across the site.

Employ "Cache-Busting" Techniques

The above tactics should fix the problem for your own system, but visitors still might not see the changes right away (because they did not clear the caches of their browsers).

A more sophisticated method to avoid this problem and ensure your customers always get the latest version of your website is to employ an "cache-busting" tactic.

For a solution using cache busting, all you have to do is change the filename.

For example, instead of making logo.png and overriding the old image, you can upload logo-v2.png. As it's a fresh file name, you'll be able to avoid issues related to your site's changes not showing because of browser caching.

Another method to eliminate caches is changing the path of the file or using query strings in along with changing the filename. Some examples:

  • Original: yoursite.com/style.css
  • Filename - yoursite.com/stylev2.css
  • File path - yoursite.com/v2/style.css
  • Query strings - yoursite.com/style.css?ver=2

Solutions to Problems with WordPress Caching

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This is the solution to clear your site's cache on your own.

This will flush out all your cached HTML version of the site and make a fresh version of the page completely from the ground up. It will then store that fresh version within the cache to get all the caching's performance benefits.

How you clear the WordPress cache depends on what software you're using for caching. We'll show you two solutions:

  1. Clearing the cache if you're hosting on
  2. Cleaning the cache of the popular caching plugins

How to Clear Cache as Customers

How to clear  page cache in WordPress Dashboard
How can I clear cache from a page on the WordPress Dashboard
How to clear  page cache in My
How to clear page cache within My

How do I clear Cache within Plugins

Every caching plugin has the ability to wipe your site's cache (and often, only the cache for individual parts of your content when you're experiencing issues).

We can't show you how it works in all caching plugins, but we will show you some of the most well-known plugins. Most caching plugins behave similarly so that you can utilize the same concept in different plugins.

WP Super Cache

You can click the Delete Cache option on the WordPress toolbar, or within the settings of your plugin:

How to clear entire cache in WP Super Cache
How to clear all caches in WP Super Cache
WP Fastest Cache

For the complete deletion of your cache it is possible to click the Remove Cache option on the WordPress toolbar.

It is also possible to clear your cache only for the specific item you're experiencing issues with:

  1. Click on the custom post types list.
  2. Click on the part of content which isn't showing any changes.
  3. Click on the Clean Cache button.
How to clear cache in WP Fastest Cache
How to clear cache within WP Fastest Cache
WP Rocket

To clear your entire site's cache, hover over the WordPress Rocket option in the WordPress toolbar and choose clear cache:

How to clear entire cache in WP Rocket
How do I clear all caches in WP Rocket?

To delete a specific piece of content, move it to the list of content, then click Clear this cache:

How to clear a single post's cache with WP Rocket
How to clear a single post's cache with WP Rocket

Solutions to Problems with CDN Caching

CDN CDN operates by caching the static content of your website on its server network around the globe. Then, it serves up those files from the location closest to the location of each user.

Like the other caching problems This can be fixed by clearing the cache on the CDN. What steps you need to take to do this will depend on your CDN. Below, we'll tell you how in .

If you're using a different CDN then you should consult your CDN's documentation for help.

How to Clear the CDN Cache

In My, you can open the dashboard area to the WordPress site where you're having issues. Go to the CDN tab, and then click to the Clear Cache for CDN button:

How to clear  CDN cache
How to remove CDN cache

Solution to Problem with Capabilities/Roles of Users

This can get even more complicated if you have a membership site with multiple various membership levels.

For this to be fixed, you must make sure that you're logged into a WordPress account that has the appropriate access rights to view the content in question (or that you're not signed to an account in some situations).

Summary

A majority of the time, problems related to WordPress changes that are not appearing on your website are due to problems with caching (browser caching, page caching, or CDN caching).

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