Title: [Plugin: WP Super Cache] Preload Mode Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # [Plugin: WP Super Cache] Preload Mode * [minuszero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minuszero/) * (@minuszero) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/) * Hi There, * I’m trying to set up WP Super Cache to preload and refresh the whole preload cache once a week. * I have set the page expiry time to 3 hours but even after the page expires they are not regenerated when a person visits the page… * Is there any way I can make WP Super Cache regenerate expired pages for real users while still serving the old pre-load for bots? Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/) * (@donncha) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977593) * Have you enabled “preload mode”? That should stop those files being deleted after 3 hours. * Thread Starter [minuszero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minuszero/) * (@minuszero) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977597) * Yes preload is on. The problem I’m having is the pre-loaded pages do not get regenerated once they expire (set to 3 hours) but only when the whole precache is regenerated (Every 7 days). * I don’t want every page regenerating every 3 hours as that will put a massive load on the server only the expired pages that a non bot user visits. * Plugin Author [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/) * (@donncha) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977601) * Odd, if “Preload mode (garbage collection only on legacy cache files. Recommended.)” is checked on the Preload page then those pages shouldn’t be deleted. * You could try to debug it but that means editing source code and tracing what happens when garbage collection happens. Not particularly easy unless you know your way around. * Thread Starter [minuszero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minuszero/) * (@minuszero) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977605) * Ok I think you missing the point here. My problem is those files ARE NOT deleting or updating and that’s my problem. I want the expired files to regenerate when a non bot visits a page where the cached file is older than 3 hours. * Plugin Author [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/) * (@donncha) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977657) * Unfortunately that’s not possible. You could change it with the aid of filters to do that probably but right now I wouldn’t know where to start advising you to look. * Thread Starter [minuszero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minuszero/) * (@minuszero) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977662) * How Odd… That’s kind of how I would expect preload mode to work. Otherwise its a tad pointless… Long preload reloads give stale pages and short ones kill the server. * Wonder if the dev would be open to an option in the preload section that says“ Regenerate expired preloaded pages for non bot users”… * Thanks for your help anyway 🙂 * Plugin Author [Donncha O Caoimh (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donncha/) * (@donncha) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977670) * Ahem, I am the dev! 🙂 * That’s how preload is supposed to work though, it’s a trade off between stale pages and conserving CPU power on your server. * You’re the only person who has asked about a feature like that but I’ll keep it in mind. * Thread Starter [minuszero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minuszero/) * (@minuszero) * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977672) * Whoops my apologies :-$ * Well thank you for the prompt responses. Is always good to see developers who care 🙂 Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘[Plugin: WP Super Cache] Preload Mode’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-super-cache/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3506220) * [WP Super Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-super-cache/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-super-cache/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-super-cache/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-super-cache/reviews/) * 8 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [minuszero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minuszero/) * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-super-cache-preload-mode/#post-1977672) * Status: not resolved