Title: Clearing Cache Doesn’t always work…
Last modified: June 6, 2017

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# Clearing Cache Doesn’t always work…

 *  [April Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awapril/)
 * (@awapril)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/)
 * When I am making changes to my website, I can see the changes in the live editor
   view…but when I view the page in a new tab or visit the website the changes are
   not seen. I always make sure I have saved/updated before viewing so it’s not 
   that.
 * I have been clearing the cache and cookies and all that stuff…sometimes it works,
   sometimes it doesn’t. And it doesn’t matter if I am on the laptop, the ipad or
   my iphone, if it gets into one of these funks clearing the cache on any device
   doesn’t help it.
 * Is there anything else I can do?
 * Also, I tried viewing the website in a different browser (Safari as opposed to
   Google) and Safari didn’t show the changes either.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years ago by [April Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awapril/).

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 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9203917)
 * Hello there,
 * There might be server-side caching applies on your hosting service. Please verify
   this with your web hosting support department.
 * Regards,
    Kharis
 *  Thread Starter [April Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awapril/)
 * (@awapril)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9205870)
 * I tried viewing my site on someone else’s computer and it came up with all the
   current changes.
 * Do you think that this is still a web hosting issue?
 *  Thread Starter [April Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awapril/)
 * (@awapril)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9205914)
 * I think I fixed the problem.
    I went to my host area on my dashboard under their“
   performance” tab and disabled the “page cache” and “browser cache”. It looks 
   like all the current changes are now reflected on my computer and devices.
 * One more question though…
 * Will selecting “disable” on these host cache spots cause any issues with my website?
 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9205947)
 * Your site will run normally. But its performance might be lowered. To learn more
   about why caching benefits you, please read [this codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Optimization/Caching).
   Note that it doesn’t relate with the theme.
 * Regards,
    Kharis
 *  Thread Starter [April Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awapril/)
 * (@awapril)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9206792)
 * Thanks for the info.
 * Do you think it would be alright if I disabled while editing my site and then
   enable when I am done?
 *  [Kharis Sulistiyono](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisblank/)
 * (@kharisblank)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9207280)
 * Yes, it should be worth it to do.
 * Regards,
    Kharis
 *  Thread Starter [April Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awapril/)
 * (@awapril)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9207295)
 * Okay. I am going to see what happens here, because at the beginning of the day
   having the cache saving disabled seemed to work…and now at the end of the day
   it’s not working…nor is clearing the cache on my desktop.
 * Another question about this: does it sometimes just take a long time for changes
   to show up on the actual site? Is that just a “normal” part of editing a site?
   Or should I be seeing the changes when I refresh the page no matter what?

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 * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/clearing-cache-doesnt-always-work/#post-9207295)
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