Title: Another Caching Query
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Another Caching Query

 *  Resolved [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-caching-query/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve just started using W3 Total Cache and Cloudflare on one of my websites, 
   but it appears that Wordfence might not play nicely with one, other, or both 
   of them.
 * A scan will start ok, but when it reaches the ‘Comparing Core WP Files’, ‘Open
   Source Themes’, ‘Comparing Plugins’, and ‘Known Malware’ block, it just perpetually
   hangs.
 * Is there a setting within Wordfence that will give it a boot up the arse?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-caching-query/#post-7378507)
 * Hi,
 * Wordfence normally plays just fine with the products you mentioned. Do you get
   any error messages or does it just hang? Does the scan complete when you disable
   W3 Total Cache? Do you have Falcon Cache enabled? If so, disable it if you are
   also using W3 Total Cache.
 * -Brian
 *  Thread Starter [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-caching-query/#post-7378518)
 * Hi,
 * No, there is no Wordfence caching method enabled.
 * Disabled W3TC – no change, scan hangs.
 * Disabled Autoptimize (as this plugin develops rather a large cache in itself)–
   no change, scan hangs.
 * Put Cloudflare into development mode – no change, scan hangs.
 * Deleted whole cache file from wp-content/cache to see if this really is a cache
   problem – no change, scan hangs.
 * Reactivated W3TC and Autoptimize but added wp-content/cache* into Wordfence files
   NOT to scan – no change, scan hangs.
 * One of the main problems here as I can see it, is the very fact that there are
   FOUR criteria being scanned at the same time, so there isn’t an indication of
   exactly where to check for possible conflicts.
 * Took as long as I could to write this reply in the hope that Wordfence would 
   complete it’s scan before I finished – no change, scan still hanging.
 *  Thread Starter [steveraven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/steveraven/)
 * (@steveraven)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-caching-query/#post-7378538)
 * I might have found a solution via the guys at [http://byrev.space/bookmarks/web/wordfence-hang-freeze-scans-dont-finish/](http://byrev.space/bookmarks/web/wordfence-hang-freeze-scans-dont-finish/)
 * …I set the max execution time to 15 seconds as per the article, and the scan 
   completed.
 * Is this a proper secure solution?
 *  [WFBrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wfbrian/)
 * (@wfbrian)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/another-caching-query/#post-7378590)
 * Yes, that is a good solution. Glad you got it working!
 * -Brian

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