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After you make a few changes in your WordPress content or your design, you may notice that nothing has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of common factors can cause this behavior, such as: browser caching, server-side caching, caching plugins, and making changes in the incorrect location in the file system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Browser Cache<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes when you first visit a web page, it takes a while to load. But then the next page you visit within that site doesn’t take quite so long. This is because – in an effort to be helpful – your web browser stores the web page information on your computer. In the future, the web browser reloads the web page data from your computer, not from the actual site. The place where this web page data is stored is called the cache<\/strong>. The cache is an essential way to optimize your web browsing experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes a problem can arise when you make a small change to your site, and the browser doesn’t recognize it as a significant change. Since the browser hasn’t registered your adjustment as an actual change, it opts to reload the exact same page that you previously looked at. The solution in this case is to clear or empty your browser’s cache<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearing the Browser Cache<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Normally, to see the changes on your page, you click the Refresh<\/strong> button on the browser toolbar or press the F5 key on your keyboard. In many cases, this simply reloads the page without clearing the browser’s cache. Here are some techniques to wipe clean the browser’s cache, so that you will see the changes when your page reloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The way you clear the browser cache depends on the particular browser you are using. Here is how you clear the cache on a few common browsers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n