Spent 5 hours trying to fix a Wordpress plugin conflict

Last week I had a client site that kept crashing on the checkout page. I figured it was some fancy plugin issue so I spent like 5 hours digging through code and support forums. Turns out it was just a simple caching problem from a free plugin I installed 2 months ago. The fix took 2 minutes once I actually cleared the cache. Has anyone else wasted half a day on something that stupid and simple?

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the_hayden9d ago

Yeah that caching thing is tricky though because sometimes you DO need to clear more than just the one cache. Like there's the browser cache, the plugin cache, the server cache, maybe a CDN cache. I've had moments where I cleared one but not the other and thought I fixed it but nope. The real kicker is when you're using a free caching plugin and it doesn't give you a clear button anywhere obvious, so you end up digging through settings for 20 minutes just to find it. Maybe it's just me but I think those free plugins could do a way better job of pointing you to the cache clear option.

the_olivia5d ago

Started just clearing everything at once - browser, plugin, server - saved me so much headache.

joseph_bailey9d ago

Happens ALL the time. I spent a whole Saturday once on a problem that was just a checkbox I forgot to tick.

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