Title: Page Cache + Cache SSL (HTTPS) requests – not working
Last modified: February 12, 2019

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# Page Cache + Cache SSL (HTTPS) requests – not working

 *  Resolved [popac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/popac/)
 * (@popac)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-cache-ssl-https-requests-not-working/)
 * Web site is frequently updated with new content
    The server is dedicated Ubuntu
   16.04.5 LTS PHP 7.2.7-1 nginx version: nginx/1.13.12 Cloudflare SSL enabled –
   Full
 * When I turn on Page cache with “**Cache SSL (HTTPS) requests**” (SELECTED – ON)
   have problem.
    When I create new posts for site visitors who have already been
   on the site, the old content is displayed – the browser will not show the new
   content.
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/Voww2Wa)
 * I tried to setup **Purge Policy** options (Front Page, Post Page and Blog Feed)
   but nothing happened.
 * When deselect **Cache SSL (HTTPS) requests**, all is OK.
 * Of course, I want to use this option, since it significantly reduces the server
   load. Do you know what the problem is?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-cache-ssl-https-requests-not-working/#post-11196215)
 * Hello,
 * If you try hard reload Ctrl+F5 do you have new content displayed?
    What settings
   do you have in Browser Cache? Make sure that your nginx.conf is updated properly.
   Check Performance>Install.
 *  Thread Starter [popac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/popac/)
 * (@popac)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-cache-ssl-https-requests-not-working/#post-11196397)
 * Hi Marko,
    Tried hard reload with Ctrl+F5 without success. Browser cache is ON:
   All default settings. Nginx is updated – I have root access to server and I can
   restart whenever I need it (make changes).
 * nginx.conf
    ===================== # BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core set $w3tc_rewrite
   1; if ($request_method = POST) { set $w3tc_rewrite 0; } if ($query_string != “”){
   set $w3tc_rewrite 0; } if ($http_cookie ~* “(comment_author|wp\-postpass|wordpress_logged_in
   |wptouch_switch_toggle)”) { set $w3tc_rewrite 0; } set $w3tc_preview “”; if (
   $http_cookie ~* “(w3tc_preview)”) { set $w3tc_preview _preview; } set $w3tc_ssl“”;
   if ($scheme = https) { set $w3tc_ssl _ssl; } if ($http_x_forwarded_proto = ‘https’){
   set $w3tc_ssl _ssl; } set $w3tc_enc “”; if ($http_accept_encoding ~ gzip) { set
   $w3tc_enc _gzip; } # END W3TC Page Cache core # BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache gzip
   on; gzip_types text/css text/x-component application/x-javascript application/
   javascript text/javascript text/x-js text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/
   xsd text/xsl text/xml image/bmp application/java application/msword application/
   vnd.ms-fontobject application/x-msdownload image/x-icon image/webp application/
   json application/vnd.ms-access video/webm application/vnd.ms-project application/
   x-font-otf application/vnd.ms-opentype application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.database
   application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.chart application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula
   application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.
   spreadsheet application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text audio/ogg application/pdf
   application/vnd.ms-powerpoint application/x-shockwave-flash image/tiff application/
   x-font-ttf audio/wav application/vnd.ms-write application/font-woff application/
   font-woff2 application/vnd.ms-excel; location ~ \.(css|htc|less|js|js2|js3|js4)
   $ { expires 31536000s; etag on; if_modified_since exact; add_header Pragma “public”;
   add_header Cache-Control “public”; add_header X-Powered-By “W3 Total Cache/0.9.7.2”;
   try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /index.php?$args; } location ~ \.(html|htm|rtf
   |rtx|svg|txt|xsd|xsl|xml)$ { expires 10000s; etag on; if_modified_since exact;
   add_header Pragma “public”; add_header Cache-Control “public”; add_header X-Powered-
   By “W3 Total Cache/0.9.7.2”; try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /index.php?$args;}
   location ~ \.(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|
   gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|webp|json|mdb|mid|midi|mov|qt|mp3|m4a|mp4|m4v|mpeg|mpg|
   mpe|webm|mpp|otf|_otf|odb|odc|odf|odg|odp|ods|odt|ogg|pdf|png|pot|pps|ppt|pptx
   |ra|ram|svg|svgz|swf|tar|tif|tiff|ttf|ttc|_ttf|wav|wma|wri|woff|woff2|xla|xls
   |xlsx|xlt|xlw|zip)$ { expires 31536000s; etag on; if_modified_since exact; add_header
   Pragma “public”; add_header Cache-Control “public”; add_header X-Powered-By “
   W3 Total Cache/0.9.7.2”; try_files $uri $uri/ $uri.html /index.php?$args; } add_header
   Referrer-Policy “”; # END W3TC Browser Cache =============================
 *  Thread Starter [popac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/popac/)
 * (@popac)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-cache-ssl-https-requests-not-working/#post-11196537)
 * I forgot to add, I use Memcached (1.2.2) Page Cache Method
 *  Thread Starter [popac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/popac/)
 * (@popac)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-cache-ssl-https-requests-not-working/#post-11198220)
 * I finally came up with a solution that works:
 * Page Cache settings:
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/0MrvSsI)
 * When I publish new post, it is important to have refreshed front page, category
   page, and single (post ) page. Everything works great.
 * Browser cache is ON and settings is:
 * > [View post on imgur.com](https://imgur.com/64C0vBy)
 * the result is very little load on the server:
 * **CPU load averages 1.23 (1 min) 1.31 (5 mins) 1.36 (15 mins)**
 * Here’s nginx status:
 * > Active connections: 165
   >  server accepts handled requests 884864 884864 900788
   > Reading: 0 Writing: 2 Waiting: 139
 * Memcached:
 *     ```
       NAME                                      SIZE   %MEM    TIME  CONN   %HIT   REQ/s   GET/s   SET/s   DEL/s   EVI/s     READ/s   WRITE/s
       127.0.0.1:11211                         2.0 Gb   27.0    1 ms   206   72.4   567.6   360.2   207.4     0.0     0.0   415.8 Kb  359.7 Kb
       ```
   
 *  Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/)
 * (@vmarko)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-cache-cache-ssl-https-requests-not-working/#post-11200757)
 * Hello,
    Just the matter of settings tweaking. Glad to know that the issue is 
   resolved!

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