Gigabytes of minify files maxxing out server space

Resolved cjwebdev
(@cjwebdev)

4 years ago

Hey folks,

We use WP-Optimize on dozens of websites, it’s my favourite cache/minify/optimize plugin – thank you.

But on this one site, the minify files aren’t being removed, and the cache balloons in size until the server runs out of space and crashes.

It’s already at 380MB (1985 files) in just 4 days.

WP core and all plugins are up-to-date and it’s a standard cPanel installation. I’m just not sure why this one site is glitching? Should I reset the settings or uninstall and start again? Or add that snippet Ive seen on other posts?

Here are some screenshots which might help:

https://dev.cjweb.com.au/files.png
https://dev.cjweb.com.au/folder.png
https://dev.cjweb.com.au/errors.png

Thanks for any assistance,

CJ

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Harshad
(@bornforphp)

4 years ago
@cjwebdev Could you please try to use the following snippet in your themes functions.php file and check if the minified files gets automatically deleted after 3 days?
```
add_filter( 'wp_optimize_minify_cache_expiry_time', function( $original_value ) {
	return time() - 86400 * 3;
} );
```
Thread Starter cjwebdev
(@cjwebdev)

4 years ago

Thanks Harshad,

Yes I will add it and let you how it goes, in 3 days time.

Thanks for your reply.

CJ

Harshad
(@bornforphp)

4 years ago

@cjwebdev Sure do let us know how it goes?

shaneupfront
(@shaneupfront)

4 years ago

Hi,

Having the same problem, Cache is up on 84Gb at the moment.

Help
Harshad
(@bornforphp)

4 years ago
@shaneupfront Could you please try to use the following snippet in your themes functions.php file and check if the minified files gets automatically deleted after 3 days?
```
add_filter( 'wp_optimize_minify_cache_expiry_time', function( $original_value ) {
	return time() - 86400 * 3;
} );
```
Thread Starter cjwebdev
(@cjwebdev)

4 years ago
Hi Harshad,

That snippet has been running for a few days. But Im not convinced it is working. The error log is still filling up and the total cache has almost reached 1GB with over 4000 files.

I can’t believe the cache needs over 4000 files when its a 10 page website and I’ve set the Minify Cache Lifespan to 1 day.

Yesterday the client sent me this screenshot of Homepage taken exactly the same time as the PHP warnings below: https://dev.cjweb.com.au/white-screen.jpg

Example of the PHP warnings:
```
[25-May-2022 12:59:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  unlink(/home/wrkr/public_html/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/tmp/js-df7b21af.js.transient): No such file or directory in /home/wrkr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-optimize/cache/file-based-page-cache-functions.php on line 905
[25-May-2022 12:59:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  unlink(/home/wrkr/public_html/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/tmp/js-d6f11b19.js.transient): No such file or directory in /home/wrkr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-optimize/cache/file-based-page-cache-functions.php on line 905
[25-May-2022 12:59:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  unlink(/home/wrkr/public_html/wp-content/cache/wpo-minify/tmp/js-3d7822d6.js.transient): No such file or directory in /home/wrkr/public_html/wp-content/plugins/wp-optimize/cache/file-based-page-cache-functions.php on line 905
```
I would like to understand what the problem is and why the plugin now requires an additional code snippet? Is it a conflict with WP6.0? PHP7.4+? This is just a standard cPanel environment.

Im concerned about all my other websites running WP-Optimize. It seems like a lot of people are reporting this problem recently and trotting out a PHP snippet – with no explanation – isn’t really a proper solution.

Happy to provide any help you need.

CJ
- This reply was modified 4 years ago by cjwebdev.
Harshad
(@bornforphp)

4 years ago

@cjwebdev Sometimes the cron to delete the minifued files doesn’t work due to plugin conflict with their cron, so I shared with you the code snippet.

If the snippet doesn’t work then you’ll have to manually delete the cache files from WP-Optimize > Cache and WP-Optimize > Minify.

Thread Starter cjwebdev
(@cjwebdev)

4 years ago

OK understood. I’ll see if anything is conflicting with the CRON schedule.

Many thanks,

CJ

Harshad
(@bornforphp)

4 years ago

@cjwebdev Sure thing!

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