{"id":45213,"date":"2025-06-03T11:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/?p=45213"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:39:57","slug":"how-to-bypass-cache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/performance-and-security\/how-to-bypass-cache\/","title":{"rendered":"How to bypass Site Cache"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
Site Cache is now in limited release. Visit our Help Centre guide<\/a> for details on how to join.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Bypassing Site Cache can be necessary in specific situations where the content being served is outdated, incorrect, or needs to reflect real-time changes. Here are some common scenarios where bypassing cache is useful:<\/p>\n

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  1. For Troubleshooting or Testing<\/strong>
    \nWhen debugging an issue or testing layout\/design changes, the cache might serve older versions of files (HTML, CSS, JS). Bypassing the cache ensures you\u2019re seeing the actual live version from the origin server, not a cached copy.<\/li>\n
  2. During site deployments or migrations<\/b>
    \n<\/span>If you\u2019ve made significant backend changes or moved your site, old cached files might conflict with the new environment or structure. Bypassing the cache ensures a clean slate, reducing the risk of loading issues or broken pages.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false,"plain":"\r\n\r\n\r\n
    Site Cache is now in limited release. Visit our Help Centre guide<\/a> for details on how to join.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nBypassing Site Cache can be necessary in specific situations where the content being served is outdated, incorrect, or needs to reflect real-time changes. Here are some common scenarios where bypassing cache is useful:\r\n
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    1. For Troubleshooting or Testing<\/strong>\r\nWhen debugging an issue or testing layout\/design changes, the cache might serve older versions of files (HTML, CSS, JS). Bypassing the cache ensures you\u2019re seeing the actual live version from the origin server, not a cached copy.<\/li>\r\n \t
    2. During site deployments or migrations<\/b>\r\n<\/span>If you\u2019ve made significant backend changes or moved your site, old cached files might conflict with the new environment or structure. Bypassing the cache ensures a clean slate, reducing the risk of loading issues or broken pages.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Bypassing Site Cache can be necessary in specific situations where the content being served is outdated, incorrect, or needs to reflect real-time changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lsx_disable_title":"0","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23177],"tags":[23418,23334,23337],"topics":[22745],"class_list":["post-45213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performance-and-security","tag-bypass-cache","tag-cache","tag-web-accelerator","topics-web-accelerator-cache"],"acf":[],"additional_meta":{"category_title":[{"term_id":23177,"name":"performance and security","slug":"performance-and-security","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":23177,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":17,"filter":"raw","term_order":"1","cat_ID":23177,"category_count":17,"category_description":"","cat_name":"performance and security","category_nicename":"performance-and-security","category_parent":0}],"tag_title":[{"term_id":23418,"name":"bypass cache","slug":"bypass-cache","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":23418,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw","term_order":"342"},{"term_id":23334,"name":"cache","slug":"cache","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":23334,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":14,"filter":"raw","term_order":"366"},{"term_id":23337,"name":"web accelerator","slug":"web-accelerator","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":23337,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw","term_order":"367"}]},"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Robyn Bubb","author_link":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/author\/robyn-bubb\/","author_avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6749c5f8e4f0e3b2473a2c285c3a5a60c6b342ea69328bd2d347943aba3e44c3?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45213"},{"taxonomy":"topics","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xneelo.co.za\/help-centre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics?post=45213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}