Clearing site cache (not browser cache)

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    ruttiger7 · Member ·

    My new site is https://missingletters687298379.wordpress.com/. The original theme had a green highlight color but I changed it in customizer to an orange. In the editor, I see the orange but on the actual site it’s still green. It’s the next day, I’ve cleared browser caches and I’ve opened it on a totally new device — still green.

    I think I need to clear the site cache. Can someone from WordPress do that for me? Or will it automatically clear and refresh within a short timeframe? Thanks.

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    thedriveracademy · Member ·

    Hi

    I’m by no means an expert, but I’ve found that when changing the colour using Custom CSS, sometimes you need to add “!important” after it as there may be other settings that are over-riding what you have entered.

    So for example (I took this code from the home page of your website, the words “Missing Letters” that is currently in green), your code looks like this:

    a {
    color: #19744c;
    }

    and you want to make it orange (I’m going to use hex code: #FFA500, but obviously use whichever colour you prefer). Add the following to Custom CSS and it should sort it out – You may have to load it elsewhere as well, I’m sorry but I don’t know how to change the colour for the whole site. Like I said….not an export ;-)

    a {
    color: #FFA500!important;
    }

    I’ve discovered that the !important, means that it will change the colour no matter what. Just remember to test your site and make sure that it isn’t changing something that you don’t want changed.

    Hope it works for you :-D

    Good luck!

    Regards
    Sara

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    thedriveracademy · Member ·

    Sorry, forgot to mention that it may not be caching issue, but rather a coding issue ;-) . Thanks.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    The colors cache should clear automatically, but I’ve cleared it manually for you to speed things along :)


    @thedriveracademy    ,

    Thanks for trying to help, but the OP didn’t mention using custom CSS anywhere, and instead mentioned changing colors in the Customizer, which refers to the Colors & Backgrounds section. If you search recent threads in this forum you’ll see that those custom colors get cached, requiring us to occasionally clear the colors cache manually.

    Custom CSS is only available to users on our Premium Plan, and most users posting in this forum are on the free plan. While we do get the occasional paid user wandering into the forums, the fact that the OP’s site is on a free WordPress.com subdomain rather than a custom domain makes it a safe assumption that they’re not on a paid plan :)

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    thedriveracademy · Member ·

    @kokkieh

    Thanks for clarifying. As I said I am by no means an expert, just thought that my experiences to date may have helped.

    Do I get points for trying? ;-)

    Have a great day everyone :-D

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