Alex Morgan
Alex Morgan
Senior Hosting Analyst
10+ years testing web hosting infrastructure. Benchmarks servers across 4 continents.
WordPress Hosting

How to Clear WordPress Cache 2026

Seeing stale pages after updates usually means you cleared only one layer. Purge in the order below to avoid chasing ghosts.

How we validated these steps

Before a procedural walkthrough ships, every step runs on at least two brands when the task is host-specific, or twice on the same stack on different days when it is not. Console errors are captured, UI label drift between regions is noted, and copy is revised the moment a vendor moves a button. Screenshots and paths are spot-checked quarterly. Security-sensitive actions (DNS, SSL, billing) trigger recovery-option checks plus links to the host's own documentation for authoritative wording.

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    Step 1: Purge page cache plugin

    LiteSpeed: Purge All; WP Rocket: Clear cache; W3 Total Cache: Empty all caches.

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    Step 2: Purge host-level cache

    SiteGround SG Optimizer, Kinsta purge in MyKinsta, WP Engine purge EverCache from portal.

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    Step 3: Purge CDN

    Cloudflare → Caching → Purge Everything (or single URL) after origin is correct.

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    Step 4: Browser hard refresh

    Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+R to rule out local browser cache during QA.

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    Step 5: Object cache / Redis

    If using Redis object cache, flush via plugin or host tool. otherwise menu changes may lag.

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    Step 6: Confirm with curl

    curl -I your URL from terminal to verify headers reflect fresh cache status.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Still stale?+
Check if a second invisible CDN (Jetpack, Sucuri) sits in front. purge there too.
Admin looks wrong but front OK?+
Disable admin caching features in optimisation plugins. never full-page cache wp-admin.