When you are running a WooCommerce store, it is important to have caching enabled. Caching can speed up your website and improve your user experience.
However, there are times when you may need to disable caching. For example, if you are making changes to your WooCommerce products or setting up a new shipping method, you will need to disable caching so that your changes can take effect immediately. In this article, we will show you how to disable cache in WooCommerce.
WooCommerce uses caching to improve performance. When a user visits your WooCommerce store, the first thing that happens is they are served a cached version of your page.
This means that they don’t have to wait for your server to generate the page fresh each time. Caching can speed up your website significantly.
However, there are times when you need to make changes to your WooCommerce store that will not be reflected in the cached version of your pages. For example, if you add a new product or change a shipping method, these changes will not be visible to users unless you disable caching.
Fortunately, disabling cache in WooCommerce is easy to do. There are two ways you can do it:
- Disable Cache for Logged-in Users Only
If you only need to make changes that will be visible to logged-in users, then you can disable cache for logged-in users only. This can be done by adding the following code to your .htaccess file:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
# Disable cache for logged in users
<FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|xml|txt|xsl|js|css)$">
# FileETag None is not enough for every server configuration
Header unset ETag
FileETag None
</FilesMatch>
# Apache 2.2+ and mod_headers required <IfModule mod_headers.c> Header set Cache-Control "private, no-cache" </IfModule> </IfModule> # END WordPress
This code will tell Apache not to cache pages for logged-in users. Once you have added this code to your .htaccess file, save it and upload it to your server.
- Disable Cache Completely
If you need to make changes that will be visible to all users, then you will need to disable cache completely.htaccess file:
# BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule .php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
# Disable cache <FilesMatch "\.(html|htm|xml|txt|xsl|js|css)$"> Header set Cache-Control "max-age=0, no-cache, no-store" Header set Pragma "no-cache" FileETag None </FilesMatch>
After making these changes, save and upload the .htaccess file to your server.
Once these changes have been made, caching will be disabled on your WooCommerce store.
In conclusion, there are times when you may need to disable cache in WooCommerce. If you are making changes that will not be reflected in the cached version of your pages, then you will need to either disable cache for logged in users only or disable cache completely.