JonManness

Just decided to deactivate eShop and switch to Easy Digital Download, which does work with my config and is better suited with my digital-download-only music.

Regular WP installation. W3-TC has always worked great on a shared host and now works even better on a VPS with APC installed. For eshop pages (shopping cart, checkout, etc.), I set it so W3-TC doesn’t cache in order to avoid errors.

Thank you the explanation, RavanH. My config has changed since what I posted above…here’s an updated one (removing my domain as well as root and log paths). You’ll notice that the bootstrap rule is after the W3-TC settings like you recommended.

server {
    # Redirect yoursite.com to www.yoursite.com
    listen 80;
    server_name         yoursite.com;
    rewrite ^(.*)       http://www.yoursite.com$1 permanent;
}
server {
    # Tell nginx to handle requests for the www.yoursite.com domain
    listen 80;
    server_name         www.yoursite.com;
    index               index.php index.html index.htm;
    root                [path to public html folder]
    access_log          [path to access.log]
    error_log        [path to error.log]

    # Use gzip compression #deferring to W3-TC settings below
    # gzip_static       on;  # Uncomment if you compiled Nginx using --with-http_gzip_static_module
    # gzip                on;
    #gzip_disable        "msie6";
    #gzip_vary           on;
    #gzip_proxied        any;
    #gzip_comp_level     5;
    #gzip_buffers        16 8k;
    #gzip_http_version   1.0;
    # gzip_types          text/plain text/css application/json application/x-javascript text/xml application/xml appl$

    # Set a variable to work around the lack of nested conditionals
    set $cache_uri $request_uri;

    # POST requests and urls with a query string should always go to PHP
    if ($request_method = POST) {
        set $cache_uri 'no cache';
    }
    if ($query_string != "") {
        set $cache_uri 'no cache';
    }

    # Don't cache uris containing the following segments
    if ($request_uri ~* "(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login|register|mail)\.php|wp-.*\.php|index\.php|wp$
        set $cache_uri "no cache";
    }

    # Don't use the cache for logged in users or recent commenters
    if ($http_cookie ~* "comment_author|wordpress_[a-f0-9]+|wp\-postpass|wordpress_logged_in") {
        set $cache_uri 'no cache';
    }

    # Deny access to hidden files
    location ~* /\.ht {
        deny            all;
        access_log      off;
        log_not_found   off;
    }
# BEGIN W3TC Minify cache
location ~ /wp-content/w3tc/min.*\.js$ {
    types {}
    default_type application/x-javascript;
    expires modified 31536000s;
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
    add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding";
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
}
location ~ /wp-content/w3tc/min.*\.css$ {
    types {}
    default_type text/css;
    expires modified 31536000s;
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
    add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding";
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
}
location ~ /wp-content/w3tc/min.*js\.gzip$ {
    gzip off;
    types {}
    default_type application/x-javascript;
    expires modified 31536000s;
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
    add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding";
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    add_header Content-Encoding gzip;
}
location ~ /wp-content/w3tc/min.*css\.gzip$ {
    gzip off;
    types {}
    default_type text/css;
    expires modified 31536000s;
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
    add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding";
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    add_header Content-Encoding gzip;
}
# END W3TC Minify cache
# BEGIN W3TC Page Cache cache
location ~ /wp-content/w3tc/pgcache.*html$ {
    expires modified 3600s;
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
    add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding, Cookie";
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=3600, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
}
location ~ /wp-content/w3tc/pgcache.*gzip$ {
    gzip off;
    types {}
    default_type text/html;
    expires modified 3600s;
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
    add_header Vary "Accept-Encoding, Cookie";
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=3600, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    add_header Content-Encoding gzip;
}
# END W3TC Page Cache cache
# BEGIN W3TC Browser Cache
gzip on;
gzip_types text/css application/x-javascript text/x-component text/richtext image/svg+xml text/plain text/xsd text/xs$
location ~ \.(css|js|htc)$ {
    expires 31536000s;
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
}
location ~ \.(html|htm|rtf|rtx|svg|svgz|txt|xsd|xsl|xml)$ {
    expires 3600s;
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=3600, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
}
location ~ \.(asf|asx|wax|wmv|wmx|avi|bmp|class|divx|doc|docx|eot|exe|gif|gz|gzip|ico|jpg|jpeg|jpe|mdb|mid|midi|mov|q$
    expires 31536000s;
    add_header Pragma "public";
    add_header Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate";
    add_header X-Powered-By "W3 Total Cache/0.9.2.4";
}
# END W3TC Browser Cache
# BEGIN W3TC Minify core
rewrite ^/wp-content/w3tc/min/w3tc_rewrite_test$ /wp-content/w3tc/min/index.php?w3tc_rewrite_test=1 last;
rewrite ^/wp-content/w3tc/min/(.+\.(css|js))$ /wp-content/w3tc/min/index.php?file=$1 last;
# END W3TC Minify core
# BEGIN W3TC Page Cache core
rewrite ^(.*\/)?w3tc_rewrite_test$ $1?w3tc_rewrite_test=1 last;
set $w3tc_rewrite 1;
if ($request_method = POST) {
    set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
if ($query_string != "") {
    set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
if ($http_host != "www.yoursite.com") {
    set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
set $w3tc_rewrite3 1;
if ($request_uri ~* "(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login|register|mail)\.php|\/feed\/|wp-.*\.php|index\.p$
    set $w3tc_rewrite3 0;
}
if ($request_uri ~* "(wp\-comments\-popup\.php|wp\-links\-opml\.php|wp\-locations\.php)") {
    set $w3tc_rewrite3 1;
}
if ($w3tc_rewrite3 != 1) {
    set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
if ($http_cookie ~* "(comment_author|wp\-postpass|wordpress_\[a\-f0\-9\]\+|wordpress_logged_in)") {
    set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
if ($http_user_agent ~* "(W3\ Total\ Cache/0\.9\.2\.4)") {
    set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
set $w3tc_ua "";
set $w3tc_ref "";
set $w3tc_ssl "";
if ($scheme = https) {
    set $w3tc_ssl _ssl;
}
set $w3tc_enc "";
if ($http_accept_encoding ~ gzip) {
    set $w3tc_enc _gzip;
}
set $w3tc_ext "";
if (-f "$document_root/wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$request_uri/_index$w3tc_ua$w3tc_ref$w3tc_ssl.html$w3tc_enc") {
    set $w3tc_ext .html;
}
if ($w3tc_ext = "") {
  set $w3tc_rewrite 0;
}
if ($w3tc_rewrite = 1) {
    rewrite .* "/wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$request_uri/_index$w3tc_ua$w3tc_ref$w3tc_ssl$w3tc_ext$w3tc_enc" last;
}
# END W3TC Page Cache core

# unless the request is for a valid file, send to bootstrap
    if (!-e $request_filename)
    {
        rewrite ^(.+)$ /index.php? last;
    }

    # Pass PHP scripts on to PHP-FPM
    location ~* \.php$ {
        try_files       $uri /index.php;
        fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+\.php)(/.*)$;
        fastcgi_index   index.php;
        fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;
        include         fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

See if you notice anything weird, but this config seems to make everything work including Easy Fancybox.

Thank you for taking a look, RavanH!

Here are the CSS, PHP, and cache rules, which is based on a tutorial by WP Mayor (http://www.wpmayor.com/articles/ultimate-guide-setting-wordpress-vps-part-3/). W3-TC is disabled right now and there is no minification set in Cloudflare.

# Rewrite minified CSS and JS files
    location ~* \.(css|js) {
		if (!-f $request_filename) {
            rewrite ^/wp-content/w3tc/min/(.+\.(css|js))$ /wp-content/w3tc/min/index.php?file=$1 last;
            # Use the following line instead for versions of W3TC pre-0.9.2.2
            #rewrite ^/wp-content/w3tc/min/([a-f0-9]+)\/(.+)\.(include(\-(footer|body))?(-nb)?)\.[0-9]+\.(css|js)$ $
        }
    }

    # Set a variable to work around the lack of nested conditionals
    set $cache_uri $request_uri;

    # POST requests and urls with a query string should always go to PHP
    if ($request_method = POST) {
        set $cache_uri 'no cache';
    }
    if ($query_string != "") {
        set $cache_uri 'no cache';
    }

    # Don't cache uris containing the following segments
    if ($request_uri ~* "(\/wp-admin\/|\/xmlrpc.php|\/wp-(app|cron|login|register|mail)\.php|wp-.*\.php|index\.php|$
        set $cache_uri "no cache";
    }

    # Don't use the cache for logged in users or recent commenters
    if ($http_cookie ~* "comment_author|wordpress_[a-f0-9]+|wp\-postpass|wordpress_logged_in") {
        set $cache_uri 'no cache';
    }

    # Use cached or actual file if they exists, otherwise pass request to WordPress
    location / {
        try_files /wp-content/w3tc/pgcache/$cache_uri/_index.html $uri $uri/ /index.php;
    }

    # Cache static files for as long as possible
    location ~* \.(xml|ogg|ogv|svg|svgz|eot|otf|woff|mp4|ttf|css|rss|atom|js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|ico|zip|tgz|gz|rar|bz$
        try_files       $uri =404;
        expires         max;
        access_log      off;
    }

    # Deny access to hidden files
    location ~* /\.ht {
        deny            all;
        access_log      off;
        log_not_found   off;
    }

    # Pass PHP scripts on to PHP-FPM
    location ~* \.php$ {
        try_files       $uri /index.php;
        fastcgi_index   index.php;
        fastcgi_pass    127.0.0.1:9000;
        include         fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_FILENAME    $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param   SCRIPT_NAME        $fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Also if it’s relevant, here’s my rewrite rule so everything has a www.

rewrite ^(.*)       http://www.jonathanmanness.com$1 permanent;

Checked your site and your plugin is working fine. It seems to be a Varnish issue, which was just installed on my site. The issue showed up in my other browsers AFTER clearing caches and cookies.

I’m asking around now to configure Varnish to play nice with Easy Fancybox. I’ll share a link if I find a solution.

Also, if that’s the exact link you’re using, you might also need to replace the IP with a domain.

Are you replacing the url http://LINKTOPDF.pdf with the link?