Cache control by Cacholong

“Cache control by Cacholong” plugin automates purging of Nginx FastCGI cache on your Nginx server(s). It is a backend plugin that is able to:

• Purge Nginx FastCGI cache.
• Purge cache automatically, manually, with WordPress cronjobs and WP-CLI.
• Purge caches on one or more servers (See hosts.json section for more details).
• Use commandline (WP-CLI) to purge caches or reset to factory settings.
• Allow purging of other cached items (see Settings > Cache control).
• Inform user of purge status.
• Support for single site and network sites
• Support for WP-CLI
• Support for WPML (including language negotiation type domain)

When will it purge?

This plugin will work with default and custom post types. It will purge on a save, regular update, quick edit update, slug change, delete and undelete. The user is informed with one or more messages.
There are a few caveats:

• When a user is using the Gutenberg editor, purge messages will not be displayed.
• When the user uses “Quick edit” and “Updates” the post, no messages will be displayed, because there’s no page refresh. Those messages will be shown on the next request.

It is possible to purge with WordPress cronjobs. Adjust the ‘Cronjob settings’ to perform a daily purge of caches.

You can also purge items manually. Go to the WordPress dashboard and navigate to:

• Settings > Cache control > purge single item
• Settings > Cache control > purge all caches
• Admin Toolbar > purge all caches

Settings

• File with hosts (JSON): File with information about one or more hosts for this WordPress installation. See hosts.json section for more details.
• Purge settings default post types: Select one or more options when purging a default post type. Possible to purge post url (default), home page, all connected WordPress categories or all caches.
• Purge settings default custom type(s): Select one or more options when purging a custom post type. Possible to purge post url (default), home page, all connected WordPress categories or all caches.

Cronjob Settings

• Cronjob purging: Enable or disable cronjob purging.
• Cronjob time of each day: Enter HH:MM in 24 hour notation for cronjob time of day. Will fallback to 00:00 when wrong format is given.
• Purge caches Select caches to purge on given cronjob time.

hosts.json

Hosts.json is a JSON file with information about one or more servers for this WordPress installation. Remember that this file must contain information about all servers, including the
one with this plugin. Default path is: wp-content/uploads/cacholong-cache-control/hosts.json.

Here is an example of a hosts.json file:

{"servers":
    [
        {"name": "server1", "ip": "127.0.0.1", "fastcgi": false},
        {"name": "server2", "ip": "127.0.0.2", "fastcgi": true},
    ]
}

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