Site XML feed seems to show nothing unless cache purged

  • Resolved arjski

    (@arjski)


    1 year, 11 months ago

    Hi there, I’m having a bit of a problem with my Total Cache plugin.

    For some reason, on a daily basis, the site feed [https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/feed] will error and show nothing on the page. The only way I can fix this is to empty and purge the cache.

    Am I doing something incorrectly? How can I stop any cache of the feeds? It’s becoming quite a problem so any help appreciated.

    Have attached a screenshot of the general settings in case it helps: https://i.imgur.com/JTLJ3hb.png

    I think the problem is that when a new post is published, the feed either becomes corrupt or does not update. But I have no idea how to investigate.

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  • Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @arjski

    Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to assist you with this.
    Yes, I can see that the feed page is blank. I can also see that you are using the Page Cache and minify options in W3TC.
    Can you please try adding /feed/ in Performance>Page Cache>Advanced>Never Cache following pages, and also do the same in Performance>Minify>Advanced>Never minify following pages
    Also, make sure to check the following in the Performance>Page Cache>Purge policy:
    Post comments feed
    Post author feed
    Post terms feeds

    Save all settings and purge the cache after this and let me know if the problem persists.
    Thanks!

    Thread Starter arjski

    (@arjski)

    Hi @vmarko thank you so much for responding!

    I have updated these options like you specified. Please see:

    – https://i.imgur.com/0xZpQEe.png
    – https://i.imgur.com/ZvkvGho.png

    Thank you so much for your help.

    I had one question: on Page Cache > General, “Cache feeds: site, categories, tags, comments” is not selected. Is this correct? https://i.imgur.com/kVopGgo.png

    Thanks!
    Arjun

    Plugin Contributor Marko Vasiljevic

    (@vmarko)

    Hello @arjski

    You are most welcome.
    As I can see, the page is showing correctly now:

    And to answer your question yes, you should avoid enabling Cache feeds: site, categories, tags, and comments in your case, to avoid caching feeds.

    Thanks!

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