--- title: "WordPress Browser Cache Clearing" id: "2729" type: "post" slug: "wordpress-browser-cache-clearing" published_at: "2012-02-22T16:08:22+00:00" modified_at: "2014-04-12T20:36:37+00:00" url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/" markdown_url: "https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing.md" excerpt: "I have no technical backing for this suggestion except that I’ve seen it work on two different operating systems with the Google Chrome web browser. Accessing my self-hosted WordPress blog to add posts and do site maintenance, page loads were..." taxonomy_category: - "Software & Technology" taxonomy_post_tag: - "Fedora" - "Open Source" - "WordPress" --- [Skip to the content](#site-content) [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com) ### Bringing order to chaos and clarity to confusion - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) Toggle search field - [One Conversation](https://johnpoelstra.com/) - [Podcast](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/podcast/) - [Coaching for Directors](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) # [WordPress Browser Cache Clearing](https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/) I have no technical backing for this suggestion except that I’ve seen it work on two different operating systems with the Google Chrome web browser. Accessing my [self-hosted WordPress blog](https://johnpoelstra.com/) to add posts and do site maintenance, page loads were taking FOREVER. The media uploader was hanging too. I thought it was a plugin hogging resources so I disabled a bunch of them and it still didn’t really help. Finally I cleared the browser cache and cookies and now everything is back to normal speed. Ideas anyone? I’m running plugins only provided by wordpress.org and the latest version of WordPress and everything else. #### John Poelstra John Poelstra coaches directors in finance and software. Trained through the Co-Active Training Institute, he has coached for more than 10 years, with over 520 clients and 3,150 sessions, including people at well-known Fortune 100 companies. In over 30 years of professional experience, he spent 25 in technology and finance: software testing, project management and team leadership at Red Hat and Dell/EMC, and finance as a bank auditor at Wells Fargo and a CPA at Grant Thornton. He hosts The John Poelstra Show podcast and is based in Portland, Oregon. [Author archive](https://johnpoelstra.com/author/john-poelstra/) [Author website](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-poelstra-show/id1130635146) February 22, 2012 [Software & Technology](https://johnpoelstra.com/category/software/) [Fedora](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/fedora/) , [Open Source](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/open-source/) , [WordPress](https://johnpoelstra.com/tag/wordpress/) [Previous post](https://johnpoelstra.com/aes-zip-archives-with-7zip-7za-linux/) [Next post](https://johnpoelstra.com/right-angle-screw-driver/) ## 4 Comments ## [Add yours](#respond) 1. [vinz](http://vinzv.de) [February 22, 2012 at 3:46 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/#comment-1390) [Reply](#comment-1390) Haven’t tried them by myself, but eventually these plugins help: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/optimize-db/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/optimize-db/) [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-optimizer/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-optimizer/) [Reply](#comment-1390) - John Poelstra[February 23, 2012 at 2:07 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/#comment-1393) [Reply](#comment-1393) Yes, I’m already running wp-db-optimizer. I like that it runs automatically on a schedule. I saw a huge improvement in performance after I ran it for the first time… granted I’d been running the site for a full year and had never optimized the database. I discovered it when I cloned the site to do experiment with and did a fresh database import. I was shocked how the cloned site was so much faster. [Reply](#comment-1393) 2. [John Drinkwater](http://johndrinkwater.name/) [February 22, 2012 at 12:50 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/#comment-1388) [Reply](#comment-1388) Have you tried not using Chrome? Might help debug. [Reply](#comment-1388) - John Poelstra[February 22, 2012 at 1:00 pm](https://johnpoelstra.com/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/#comment-1389) [Reply](#comment-1389) Firefox seemed to work a little better, but not by much. I wondered if something changed in WordPress or one of the plugins that was conflicting with some stuff it had previously left behind in the browser. [Reply](#comment-1389) ### Leave a Reply [Cancel reply](/wordpress-browser-cache-clearing/#respond) ### John Poelstra [https://johnpoelstra.com/?attachment_id=3756](https://johnpoelstra.com/?attachment_id=3756) ### Work With Me I coach directors in finance and software who want to prioritize, delegate, and lead with clarity. Start with One Conversation, a complimentary 60-minute coaching conversation. [See how I work](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) ### Subscribe to Podcast [Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-poelstra-show/id1130635146?mt=2&ls=1) [Android](https://subscribeonandroid.com/johnpoelstra.com/feed/podcast/) [by Email](https://subscribebyemail.com/johnpoelstra.com/feed/podcast/) [RSS](https://johnpoelstra.com/feed/podcast/) ### Links - [About](https://johnpoelstra.com/about/) - [Coaching](https://johnpoelstra.com/coach/) ### Subscribe to Podcast [Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-john-poelstra-show/id1130635146?mt=2&ls=1) [Android](https://subscribeonandroid.com/johnpoelstra.com/feed/podcast/) [by Email](https://subscribebyemail.com/johnpoelstra.com/feed/podcast/) [RSS](https://johnpoelstra.com/feed/podcast/) © 2026 [John Poelstra](https://johnpoelstra.com/) — Powered by [WordPress](http://www.wordpress.org) Theme by [Anders Noren](https://andersnoren.se) — [Up ↑](#)