UnCleared cache causes site to grow to 27gbs

  • Resolved AndrewNZ

    (@andrewnz)


    2 months, 3 weeks ago

    I received an email from SiteGround that my Hosting account has exceeded 90% of its maximum allowed storage space.

    When I view my plans statistics I see that the domain newwavesoflight.org has swelled to 27.46 GB.

    Using File Manager I discovered that the directory newwavesoflight.org > public_html > wp-content > uploads > siteground-optimizer-assets is now 24 GB in size and has 41248  Inodes.

    Inside the directory, I find that there is a large number of CSS files Called “siteground-optimizer-combined-css-1d2e07ec87a83ca26300d6f02ac6f724.css” with different random characters at the end of the file name.

    The files are dated from the 4th of May until today.  The files seem to be saved every 30 minutes.

    They vary in size from 555 KB to 780 KB, which is not large but with 41,000 files it uses a large amount of space.

    I realize that I can delete the older CSS files to save space, but I thought I should bring this to SiteGround’s attention so that your Plugin developers can look to see what is causing the plugin to be creating such a large number of files and not deleting the old ones.

    SiteGrounds help desk gave me this solution.

    I have turned off the “Minify CSS Files” and “Combine CSS Files” settings in the plugin and then purged the SG cache, and this resulted in my site returning to its normal size.

    SiteGrounds help desk asked me to post my feedback to this forum as the quickest way for the Plugin Developers to get this feedback.

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  • Plugin Support Preslav Kenanov

    (@preslavkenanov)

    Hello @andrewnz,

    In some cases, it is indeed possible for the “siteground-optimizer-assets” folder to grow large in size. This is usually caused by numerous minified and/or combined CSS/JS files. In most of the cases, this is caused by a functionality of a plugin or a theme setting that adds a timestamp to your CSS or Javascript files upon every visit to the website. As a result, a new cache file is generated every time someone accesses the website.

    While disabling the combination and modification of CSS/JS files will indeed resolve the issue, you can actually exclude the functionality of your website responsible for this behavior from CSS minification. We have created custom filters that can help you achieve that and you can find out more about this in the articles below:

    https://eu.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/speed-optimizer/custom-filters/
    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/how-to-use-sg-optimizers-filters-procedure/

    Without actually reviewing your website and its configuration in detail, we cannot definitively say if that is indeed true for your case. As such, if you would like us to take a second look at your website and provide you with more information about the scripts that should be excluded, I will ask you to once again get in touch with our team via the Help Desk in your Client Area.

    Kind Regards,

    Preslav Kenanov

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