Title: Autoptimize cache filling up quickly Last modified: June 3, 2020 --- # Autoptimize cache filling up quickly * [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/) * I followed the suggested that worked for someone else here but still after a couple days [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-fill-up-quickly-problem/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-fill-up-quickly-problem/) * I was surprised to see that my site wouldn’t load at all today, so I cleared the cache and just removed the plugin and the site worked again. Any suggestions? I’m using godaddy shared hosting for now but will be moving to another host. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [Gulshan Kumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thegulshankumar/) * (@thegulshankumar) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12930124) * In AO settings, there is a checkbox * Also aggregate inline JS? * Let Autoptimize also extract JS from the HTML. **Warning**: this can make Autoptimize’s cache size grow quickly, so only enable this if you know what you’re doing. * Solution: Uncheck this. * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12930129) * OK, let’s start with some questions: * what were your settings exactly? * how big was the cache when you deleted it? * did you get warning mails from Autoptimize or from your hoster? * the autoptimize cache has a folder for JS and one for CSS; which one was biggest? * frank * Thread Starter [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12932625) * Hi Frank, * 1) settings: JS Options ON: First 2 options Optimize JavaScript Code? Aggregate JS-files? Exclude scripts: wp-includes/js/dist/, wp-includes/js/tinymce/, js/ jquery/jquery.js, wp-content/cache, wp-content/uploads * CSS Options ON: First 3 options Optimize CSS Code? Aggregate CSS-files? Also aggregate inline CSS? * HTML Options ON Optimize HTML Code? * MISC Save aggregated script/css as static files? Minify excluded CSS and JS files? Also optimize for logged in editors/ administrators? * EXTRA Leave google fonts as is * 2) the cache was about 3gb 3) No warning emails. 4) I didnt see. I saw that the red warning at the top, checked the website wouldn’t load so I cleared it right away. * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12932953) * OK, also disable * * Also aggregate inline CSS? * Minify excluded CSS and JS files? * and keep an eye on things, chances of cache size problems should be small that way 🙂 * Thread Starter [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12933035) * thanks! I made the changes. Is there an email notification in the plugin? I setup a uptime monitor on it just in case. * Thread Starter [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12933134) * Getting HTTP Error 500 too often when I have the plugin on so i’m turning it off for now. * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-12933308) * really, that’s pretty rare .. so what’s in the PHP errorlog? * if you want to troubleshoot some more you could always try disabling just CSS or just JS or just HTML or just Image optimization (incl. lazyload) so we learn where the problem originates? * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-13058787) * any news [@therewardboss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/)? * Thread Starter [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-13064124) * Im trying this again as I had turned it off and got caught up with other work. I turned it on again yesterday and will monitor over the next couple of days. * Thread Starter [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-13110328) * It’s been over a week and cache is still at 1%. So that’s a good sign. I’ll check back in another 2 weeks. * Thread Starter [Herzog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/therewardboss/) * (@therewardboss) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-13262621) * Hi, I’ve been having some site outages which appear to be related to spikes in resources usage. When I troubleshooted the site, I noted that my WordPress needed an update, so I backed up the site and updated wordpress. Then I noticed that some of my icons were now left aligned instead of centered and some images were not appearing. When I turned off Autooptimize, the icons were back to the center and the images re-appeared. Deactivating Auto-Optimize appears to have stabilized things for now. I am also getting a warning about a PHP update that I need to take care of. * Plugin Author [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * (@optimizingmatters) * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-13262871) * re. the icons (all other things are not related to AO really); First and foremost try to identify what is breaking things by just disabling CSS or JS or HTML or Image optimization (incl. lazyload). based on that we can see what the next step has to be 🙂 * frank Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Autoptimize cache filling up quickly’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/autoptimize/assets/icon-256X256.png?rev=2211608) * [Autoptimize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/autoptimize/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/autoptimize/reviews/) * 12 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Optimizing Matters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/optimizingmatters/) * Last activity: [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/autoptimize-cache-filling-up-quickly/#post-13262871) * Status: not resolved