It sounds like you’re having trouble with the cache purging process taking much longer than expected. This can happen for a few reasons. Even though the cache size you mentioned is only about 85 MB, the fact that it contains over 2000 files could be slowing things down, especially if your website is on shared hosting. Shared hosting often has resource limitations, which can affect how quickly tasks like cache purging are completed.
Another possibility is that your server might be timing out during the process. Servers are sometimes set to stop long-running processes after a certain amount of time, and if the purging takes too long, the process might not finish correctly.
You can try a few things to fix this. First, you can manually clear the cache by accessing your site through FTP or your hosting provider’s File Manager. Just go to the wp-content/cache directory and delete everything inside. If you’re comfortable with WP-CLI and your host supports it, you can also use a simple command to clear the cache instantly: wp cache flush.
If you have other caching or optimization plugins installed (like WP Super Cache or W3 Total Cache), try disabling them temporarily. Sometimes these plugins can conflict with WP-Optimize and slow things down.
Lastly, you might want to check with your hosting provider. If they’re limiting the resources your site can use, that could be causing the purging process to drag on. You could also try adjusting the cache settings in WP-Optimize to reduce the cache lifespan, which might help make things run more smoothly in the future.
Let me know if this helps, or if you need more assistance!
