Title: [FVM PURGE] will GENERATED EXTRA FOLDERS
Last modified: October 1, 2020

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# [FVM PURGE] will GENERATED EXTRA FOLDERS

 *  Resolved [junglejim620](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damndramaqueen/)
 * (@damndramaqueen)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-extra-folders/)
 * Hi velocity,
 * I must say this plugin boosted my GTmetrix from C to A, etc, etc.
 * However, there’s an issue whenever I do a backup of my wp-content.
    Ok, whenever
   I click the [FVM PURGE] button, instead to clear it, it automatically generated
   2 extra folders every time in the upload/cache after purging it?
 * My site is about 46MB, now keep going higher to 136MB… The only way to clear 
   it, is manually delete each those generated folders per HOSTING TECH GUY WAS 
   SAYING.
 * Is there’s a way to fix it NOT to generate 2 folders every time? Perhaps, some
   kind of settings I should click or not click?!!!
 * Please advice help,
    Thanks
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [junglejim620](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damndramaqueen/).
      Reason: add more info to the title

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 *  [sermalefico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sermalefico/)
 * (@sermalefico)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-extra-folders/#post-13493248)
 * I think these folders are temporal to prevent old cache go to 404, and autodelete
   after months, but yes i think is a lot of time
 *  Plugin Author [Raul P.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alignak/)
 * (@alignak)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-extra-folders/#post-13835391)
 * Hi, I have been busy lately, sorry about the late reply.
 * The new folders are for the files being generated after your last cache purge.
   
   However, the old cache purge files will stay on the server and be deleted sometime
   later by a cronjob.
 * This is to prevent a situation when your hosting refuses to clear the page cache
   after FVM deletes the JS/CSS files. If it would delete them immediately, it would
   result in 404 until your hosting page cache expires.
 * On FVM 3 I added an option to force the files to be purged instantly, so feel
   free to try it out.
 * Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [junglejim620](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damndramaqueen/)
 * (@damndramaqueen)
 * [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-extra-folders/#post-13835548)
 * Ya, It does accumulated 100KB +. purged big time using the cache manager. It 
   works good at the end.
 * It sure makes my site much quicker.
 * Thanks for creating this plugin.
 * You rock big time.

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 * Last reply from: [junglejim620](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damndramaqueen/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/generated-extra-folders/#post-13835548)
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