Title: Background Manager & Cache Plugin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Background Manager & Cache Plugin

 *  [zerogravitygraphics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zerogravitygraphics/)
 * (@zerogravitygraphics)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/)
 * Thank you for a great plugin!
 * I have experimented with WP Super Cache and Quick Cache and it seems both do 
   something to make the images stop rotating.
 * In their settings they do allow for things to exclude from caching.
 * Have you tested Background Manager with a caching plugin? Can you tell me what
   I should do so that I can use a caching plugin and Background Manager?
 * Thank you!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/background-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/background-manager/)

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 *  [myfrog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myfrog/)
 * (@myfrog)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290378)
 * I too have the same issue. Any support would be welcomed!
 * It appears to be the Minify option when set to auto.
 * I also share many thanks to you for this great tool!
 *  Anonymous User 4048828
 * (@anonymized-4048828)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290379)
 * Hi,
 * Background Manager has been tested with WP Super Cache, W3 Total Cache as well
   as the third party service CloudFlare (as used on the BGM Demo Site).
 * However, the Minify option in W3TC as well as some other minify plugins do not
   always follow the load order of JavaScript, which may cause issues. Background
   Manager already uses minified JavaScript (except in WordPress Debug Mode).
 * Also keep in mind that garbage collection will need to be done at 12 hours or
   less, due to the default setting of NONCE lifetimes within WordPress (24 hours,
   set in 12-hour blocks – more details here: [http://myatus.com/p/wordpress-caching-and-nonce-lifespan/](http://myatus.com/p/wordpress-caching-and-nonce-lifespan/)).
 * Background Manager will also automatically utilize PHP APC, if it is installed,
   which can increase its performance. You can check if it is enabled by going to
   the main _Settings_ page (Appearance -> Background) and clicking the _Debug_ 
   link at the bottom of said page. You would see:
 *     ```
       Pf4wp APC Enabled:	Yes
       ```
   
 * Further improvements based on APC and Memcache(d) are on its way.
 *  [janpeeters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janpeeters/)
 * (@janpeeters)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290380)
 * Hi Mike,
 * thanks for your great plugin. I also have the same problems that bg-images are
   not rotating when W3-total-cache is active. When I’m logged in it does (because
   logged in users get non-cached pages) but when I’m logged out it’s always (and
   really always) the same background image I’m getting on a certain page. I’m using
   w3-total-cache without minify, Cloudflare or CDN.
    My site is [http://www.janpeeters.nl](http://www.janpeeters.nl)
 * Do you have an idea?
 * Thanks Jan
 *  Anonymous User 4048828
 * (@anonymized-4048828)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290381)
 * Hallo Jan,
 * What is the setting you have used for ‘Select an image’? I.e., ‘On a page (re)
   load’
 *  [janpeeters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janpeeters/)
 * (@janpeeters)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290382)
 * Yes that’s the one! 🙂
 *  Anonymous User 4048828
 * (@anonymized-4048828)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290383)
 * Ah, right. That would be an incompatibility issue in this case, as the initial
   image is chosen using PHP (and thus gets cached by W3 Total Cache).
 * Although it is progressing slowly, mainly due to the fact I can only work on 
   the plugin during spare time, I do intend to provide better support for caching
   plugins. But in this instance, I can only suggest changing that setting to every‘
   X’ seconds — after the initial image, JavaScript will take over and can deal 
   with random images without caching issues. Sorry about that!
 *  [janpeeters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janpeeters/)
 * (@janpeeters)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290384)
 * Hi Mike,
 * well great that your putting spare time in it. And thanks for explaining. I’ll
   switch to the other setting for now en look forwards (don’t feel rushed ;-)) 
   to your changes. Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [zerogravitygraphics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zerogravitygraphics/)
 * (@zerogravitygraphics)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290385)
 * I have had my background images set to every 10 seconds, but still they get cached
   and end up stopping. 🙁
 *  Anonymous User 4048828
 * (@anonymized-4048828)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290386)
 * [@zerogravitygraphics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zerogravitygraphics/)–
   It might be unrelated. The caching plugin have many different options, which 
   in turn can affect the plugin in a different way.
 *  Thread Starter [zerogravitygraphics](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zerogravitygraphics/)
 * (@zerogravitygraphics)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290387)
 * No worries. The caching plugin gets deactivated because I can’t live without 
   Background Manager! 🙂
 *  Anonymous User 4048828
 * (@anonymized-4048828)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/background-manager-cache-plugin/#post-3290388)
 * Thank you 🙂

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