Title: Cache excludes not working
Last modified: April 7, 2026

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# Cache excludes not working

 *  Resolved [glowmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glowmike/)
 * (@glowmike)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/)
 * I excluded /checkout/ and /cart/ from cache, but the caching plugin still serves
   cached pages there. Could this be caused by a page rule or server cache layer?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/#post-18875533)
 * Hello [@glowmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/glowmike/)
 * Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help!
   If you added those pages to
   Performance>Page Cache>Advanced>”Never Cache following pages field”, those pages
   are excluded from the W3 Total Cache Page Cache
 * If you inspect the source of the specific page and scroll down to the bottom,
   there should be a W3TC comment:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       <!--Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more:
       ```
   
 * Check the page cache section and you should see:
   `Page Caching using Disk: Enhanced(
   Requested URI is rejected)`
 * If you see this it means that the page is excluded from the cache
 * You can share the website URL so I can check this for you
 * Let me know if this helps!
   Thanks!
 *  [cynops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cynops/)
 * (@cynops)
 * [3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/#post-18910389)
 * I’m struggling with a problem that may be similar. I’m trying to exclude a set
   of pages generated by a plugin, with URLs that look like this:
   [https://domain.org/volunteer_calendar/docent-calendar/](https://domain.org/volunteer_calendar/docent-calendar/)
 * I can successfully exclude regular wordpress pages containing .*volunteer.* but
   the exclusion doesn’t extend to the pages generated by the volunteer calendar
   plugin.
 * Thank you for this excellent product!
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [2 weeks, 6 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/#post-18910972)
 * Hello [@cynops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cynops/)
 * Thank you for your feedback.
   Can you please try adding the /volunteer_calendar/
   to Performance>Page Cache>Advanced>”Never Cache following pages field, save all
   settings, purge the cache, and let me know if the sub-pages are being excluded?
 * Thanks!
 *  [cynops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cynops/)
 * (@cynops)
 * [2 weeks, 6 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/#post-18911643)
 * I tried that, but no, the pages still have this in the source:
   Page Caching using
   Disk: Enhanced (Requested URI contains query)
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [2 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/#post-18912487)
 * Hello [@cynops](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cynops/)
 * Thank you for your feedback.
   The `(Requested URI contains query)` means that 
   the page you are trying to cache is not cached, because the URLs with queries
   are not cached by default by the W3 Total Cache, especially if Disk: Enhanced
   is selected.This being said, what you see is the confirmation that the page is
   not cached.Are you having any issues, and do you see that page being cached anywhere?
   Do you have server-side caching?Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * Last activity: [2 weeks, 5 days ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-excludes-not-working/#post-18912487)
 * Status: resolved