wp-content\cache\asset-cleanup\js folder Size Increasing very rapidly

@arjunmurali1993 I have a strong suspicion of why this caching directory fills up and I want to fix it for you. I believe the fact that the inline JS associated with some SCRIPT tags is generating unique code once on every page load, making the “combine JS” feature ineffective as new unique files (due to the unique content) have to be generated.

I checked your website and it looks like you have deactivated this feature. Can you please send me your current “System Info” from “Tools” (plugin’s menu) so I can check what settings you’ve applied there. As it contains sensitive information, please send it privately via https://www.gabelivan.com/contact/

Hi Gabe,

Thanks for the quick response. I’ve shared the details as suggested.

Regards,
Arjun

I also had this problem, the site was about 500 MB and asset cache folder 14GB… No more asset cache.

Also having this problem – the site has a lot of categories. A site with maybe 0.3GB content had cache of 6GB until I cleared it.

…bonus a day after clearing the cache its back to a 1 GB.

@mlevison can you check /wp-content/cache/asset-cleanup/ and let me know which directory takes most of the space? I assume it’s the “js” one. Can you share the URL to your website here? If you’re not comfortable with that, you can reach me via https://www.gabelivan.com/contact/

Gabe – thanks – it is the JS folder as you guessed clocking in at a fat 1022MB right now. Site: https://yourfinanciallaunchpad.com

Thanks for any hints
Mark – mostly human

….? and the magic secret incantation is?

Cheers
Mark

@mlevison if that’s the case it means that the inline code associated with the JS files is not included in the combined JS files (look for something like “fes_nonce” in the HTML source to understand what I mean) and in this, once the old caching is cleared (based on the setting you have in “Settings” -> “Plugin Usage Preferences” -> “Clear previously cached CSS/JS files older than (x) days“), the size of the directory will decrease in time.

I’m considering lowering the 1 GB limit in time as I believe it’s too large. It’s enough if a few hundred MB is filled and it’s obvious that it’s very likely something is not right there and the files keep generating based on non-unique JavaScript code.

@gabelivan Danke. I set the rentention down to 4 days. Now the directory size varies from 100MB -> 1.1 GB. The upper end is a tab high but tolerable. Our server WPEngine has a limit of 20GB per account on our current plan, shared over all of our sites. This has taken care of that problem. – Mark