Title: Cache buster not working reliably
Last modified: July 15, 2026

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# Cache buster not working reliably

 *  Resolved [frenchomatic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frenchomatic/)
 * (@frenchomatic)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-buster-often-not-working/)
 * Version 5.3.1 and the same issue on 5.3.0 – wordpress 7.01
 * The admin bar often doesn’t show when logged in and clicking between pages. Sometimes
   it does and sometimes it doesn’t. Not sure why it is doing this? Seems to correct
   itself if I clear cloudflare cache on all pages but then the problem can come
   back several page clicks later.
 * Checked page rule on cloudflare and can’t see anything obviously wrong.
    -  This topic was modified 1 week, 1 day ago by [frenchomatic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frenchomatic/).

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 *  Thread Starter [frenchomatic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frenchomatic/)
 * (@frenchomatic)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-buster-often-not-working/#post-18966179)
 * I just saw what looks to be the problem. I had an old page rule which was still
   active (different section on cloudflare’s admin panel). I have deleted it and
   the cache buster now appears to behave normally.
 *  Plugin Support [Poonam Namdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poonam9/)
 * (@poonam9)
 * [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-buster-often-not-working/#post-18966225)
 * Hi [@frenchomatic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frenchomatic/),
 * Glad you found it! An old conflicting Cloudflare page rule can definitely cause
   that kind of intermittent cache buster behavior. Thanks for sharing the fix!

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 * Last reply from: [Poonam Namdev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/poonam9/)
 * Last activity: [1 week, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cache-buster-often-not-working/#post-18966225)
 * Status: resolved