Ryan

Not all websites make sense to cache everything. Sites with a lot of dynamic content, or eCommerce sites (to name a couple) would not perform as expected if all content was cached.

Did you try submitting a ticket to support.cloudflare.com? You definitely shouldn’t see a slowdown from using the plugin.

Hi Niki,

It appears to be linked to the Cache Everything page rule. What you would want to do is create another Page Rule that excludes assets you don’t want cached and prioritize it above the Cache Everything Page Rule. Then you should be ok.

If you are out of Page Rules on your account, we also just launched a new option to purchase additional Page Rules without having to upgrade to another plan level. You can find that under the Page Rules tab when logged in to your CloudFlare dashboard.

Hope this helps!

Ryan
CloudFlare

And just to clarify, depending on your hosting provider’s relationship with CloudFlare you may be able to upgrade to standard CloudFlare plans or unique (feature specific) plans they offer.

CloudFlare still “works” for mobile browsing, even if you are on a free CloudFlare plan signed up through a hosting provider. But if you want the most optimized experience for mobile visitors you will need to upgrade to a paid CloudFlare plan.

You mention that you re-save the permalinks and then empty the W3TC cache before purging CF cache. Try those steps but wait an hour or so without purging CF cache.

It may have something to do with the W3TC caching, but can’t say for sure. CloudFlare wouldn’t result in 404s, but we could be caching them temporarily.

You may want to try the non-CloudFlare steps but then give it at least an hour to see if it resolves when CloudFlare caches again.

If you continue to encounter the issue please contact our support team via support.cloudflare.com or supportATcloudflareDOTcom so they can troubleshoot further.

Did you find the Sucuri KB article? Keep in mind that stacking the services this way can result in losing the CloudFlare connecting IP, which would impact your visibility into who your visitors are or where they are connecting from.

Hi – It looks like you are embedding something from GIRE{.}ORG{.}MX, who is a CloudFlare customer and currently has their account set to “I’m Under Attack Mode”.

Destac is correct. You can also tell CloudFlare what to cache using Page Rules (available on all CloudFlare plans):

Ryan
CloudFlare