Title: advanced-cache.php$wp_cache_file does not exist !
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# advanced-cache.php$wp_cache_file does not exist !

 *  [NeedHelpWithThat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/needhelpwiththat/)
 * (@needhelpwiththat)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/)
 * Hello,
 * I recently installed WP Super Cache on WordPress 3.6.1. I am stuck with a message
   saying that I must open “advanced-cache.php$wp_cache_file” but this file is nowhere
   to be found. Instead, I found “advanced-cache.php”. I am assuming this the file
   I must take in account. So then I am asked to replace “CACHEHOME” text with another
   text but I can’t find it ! I only find “WPCACHEHOME” instead …
    I am really lost
   with the installation of this plugin, can someone help me please ? It would be
   much appreciated because I reaaly need it. Thank you in advance,
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/)

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 *  [hki429](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hki429/)
 * (@hki429)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/#post-4266998)
 * I have the exact same message when trying to activate 1.4 or 1.3.2 on WordPress
   3.7. My wp-content is writable but still get the message that advanced-cache.
   php cannot be created. And despite this being the fourth WordPress site I install
   WP Super Cache into, it does not seem to work. Perhaps I should downgrade from
   WP 3.7?
 *  Thread Starter [NeedHelpWithThat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/needhelpwiththat/)
 * (@needhelpwiththat)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/#post-4267001)
 * Not sure it’s going to solve your problem because I have this problem too with
   1.4 on WP 3.6.1 …
 *  [hki429](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hki429/)
 * (@hki429)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/#post-4267007)
 * Hm, that’s true.
 * I also tried to define the WPCACHEHOME in the wp-config file (as suggested in
   this thread: [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-wp-super-cache-caching-broken-the-script-advanced-cachephp-could-not/page/2?replies=50](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-wp-super-cache-caching-broken-the-script-advanced-cachephp-could-not/page/2?replies=50)),
   but that also didn’t work for me.
 *  Thread Starter [NeedHelpWithThat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/needhelpwiththat/)
 * (@needhelpwiththat)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/#post-4267009)
 * Thank you for the link, I will try it asap and will keep you informed.
 *  [hki429](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hki429/)
 * (@hki429)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/#post-4267017)
 * I solved it by creating a file called ‘advanced-cache.txt’ in the wp-content 
   directory (I could not upload a php file directly).
 * Then I renamed the file to ‘advanced-cache.php’ and refreshed the WP Super Cache
   settings page in the WordPress Admin. Then it worked!
 * I still don’t understand why this error occurred, since the first thing that 
   WP Super Cache said was “Warning! Wp-content is writable!”. Ironically, ten seconds
   before that the error message said that wp-content was not writeable.
 *  Thread Starter [NeedHelpWithThat](https://wordpress.org/support/users/needhelpwiththat/)
 * (@needhelpwiththat)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/advanced-cachephpwp_cache_file-does-not-exist/#post-4267059)
 * Finally I uninstalled Super Cache and installed W3 Total Cache instead. It works
   like a charme.

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