Temporarily turn off caching and performance options
Deactivate caching and performance plugins during build phases. Only enable before launch.
Common Caching and Performance plugins:
- W3 Total Cache
- WP Super Cache
- WP Rocket
- Sucuri Firewall
- SG SuperCacher (SiteGround)
- WP Engine Caching
- Bluehost Caching
- WP Smush Pro
- Perfmatters
- Cloudflare CDN
- WP Fastest Cache
- WP-Optimize
- Cache Enabler
- Comet Cache
- Hyper Cache
Not sure if you are using a performance plugin?
The safest way to test is to deactivate all plugins except the ones required by the theme author.
- Reference the list below for the theme that you are using.
Success?
- Yes - Awesome! Keep the plugin deactivated until you are ready to launch your site.
- No - Okay, let's try "Temporarily turn off security, maintenance and coming soon plugins" at the bottom of this article.