Any cache plugin breaks wp-postratings?

  • Resolved cyjambo

    (@cyjambo)


    10 years, 3 months ago

    Hi there,

    I am trying to set up a cache plugin but it seems as soon as I enable them the wp-postratings plugin breaks.

    I have tried Wp Super Cache and Wp Fastest Cache just to name two, but I think it happens with all of them.

    I found some info in the readme of Wp Super Cache (below). Could you comment on this? Is it wp-postratings which need to be updated or the cache plugins are doing something wrong?

    Unfortunately at the moment I either use a cache plugin or I use wp-postratings plugin. Obviously I would love to use both at the same time! Any ideas how to solve this? Thanks!

    = Why don’t WP UserOnline, Popularity Contest, WP Postratings or plugin X not work or update on my blog now? =

    This plugin caches entire pages but some plugins think they can run PHP code every time a page loads. To fix this, the plugin needs to use Javascript/AJAX methods or the wpsc_cachedata filter described in the previous answer to update or display dynamic information.

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-postratings/

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  • Plugin Author Lester Chan

    (@gamerz)

    If you are using caching plugin that caches the HTML output of the site, it will not work with WP-PostRatings.

    I recommend to use PollDaddy’s ratings instead if you need to use a rating and have to use with a caching plugin.

    Thread Starter cyjambo

    (@cyjambo)

    Hi Lester,

    Thanks a lot for the quick reply!

    I see what you mean, that is a pity. I am trying to find a workaround. Is there some sort of action hook that I could use so that when a rating is given the cache is cleared?

    Plugin Author Lester Chan

    (@gamerz)

    yeap, rate_post https://github.com/lesterchan/wp-postratings/blob/master/wp-postratings.php#L643

    Hi Cyjambo,
    Did you ever find a solution or workaround to this?
    What rating plugin are you using that actually works with the cache plugin?

    Thread Starter cyjambo

    (@cyjambo)

    Hi money310,

    Unfortunately I did not find a good alternative, so I am not using ratings at the moment. One which is really nice is https://rating-widget.com/, but it is very pricy for me (price is only for 1 domain), so I am not using it. The other is https://polldaddy.com/ which is ok, but for me the google rich snippets did not work properly, so I could also not use this. But at least it’s free and does the job decently, so I would recommend trying it out, maybe it will work properly with your theme.

    Hope this helps!

    Thread Starter cyjambo

    (@cyjambo)

    The best would be if we could somehow get Lester to re-write his plugin so it uses ajax and would work properly with caching plugins. I think a lot of us would be interested in this, even if it means paying a price for a pro version.

    I see what you mean.
    I’ve used both of those plugins you mentioned but had similar issues (price, etc…) I wish Lester would re-write, I’m now trying YASR (yet another star rating plugin) and using W3 total Cache. So far I’m just testing it out but it doesn’t allow me to display aggregated reviews from specific post like Lester’s plugin does.

    I’ll probably have to seek a custom review plugin.

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