Title: CSS caching problems
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# CSS caching problems

 *  [sikwate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikwate/)
 * (@sikwate)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/)
 * Hi,
 * I have been working on this particular site for months and just yesterday, the
   CSS cant be updated or it takes too long (2-3 hours). Im not sure on which area
   of the site was change- if its on the server settings, FTP, or WordPress configs.
 * Even if I deleted the CSS file via FTP, It still can be seen if I checked it 
   in the browser and when i checked the file again via FileZilla ftp, turns out
   it was successfully deleted totally different from what the browsers showed me.
 * I noticed a w3 total cache plugin installed, and I deactivated it but still the
   caching problems occurs. I tried talking to the server’s web-master but they 
   said there were no changes in the server settings in the last few weeks. Also
   the same problems goes with the images.
 * I got to solve this problem asap to continue my work. Any help would do. thank
   you.

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 *  [Teo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeitblog/)
 * (@zeitblog)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2667856)
 * Are you able to update css via ftp? Does the upload work faster?
    Are you able
   to edit and update css via Admin Dashboard ? Does it work fast enough? Are you
   able to edit and update css file from the file manager in your Cpanel?
 * Which of the 3 methods above has problems and which works?
 *  Thread Starter [sikwate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikwate/)
 * (@sikwate)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2667899)
 * > **Are you able to update css via ftp? Does the upload work faster?**
 * yes it updates via ftp but not when i tried to view it on the browsers. It updates
   on the browsers after 5-6 hours.
 * >  **
   >  Are you able to edit and update css via Admin Dashboard ? Does it work
   > fast enough?
 * i havent tried that never edited CSS file via admin before. I tried searching
   for it before replying to this message but hasnt been any luck.
 * > **Are you able to edit and update css file from the file manager in your Cpanel?**
 * yes i was able to edit via cpanel filemanager but the changes doesnt show when
   i view it on the browser.
 * here is another case that may show the real problem.
    - i open ftp and edit style.css
    - i saved the changes
    - i opened the style.css again via ftp and noticed that the changes were successfully
      saved.
    - i open the url of the style.css on mozilla, chrome and IE but the changes 
      are not there.
 * I even tried deleting the style.css and then when i tried opening it to the browser,
   its still exists.
 *  [Elan Technosys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elantechnosys/)
 * (@elantechnosys)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2667900)
 * Are you using any caching plugins?
 *  [Teo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeitblog/)
 * (@zeitblog)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2667902)
 * Tell your word press not to cache css file, using a random number.
 *     ```
       <?php
        srand( microtime() * 1000000);
        echo "?nocache=".rand(1,100);
       ```
   
 * See this example: [http://zeitblog.com/699/avoid-caching-files-in-wordpress](http://zeitblog.com/699/avoid-caching-files-in-wordpress)
 * To edit .css from admin panel, see this clip: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYUUtkWiAo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYUUtkWiAo)
 *  Thread Starter [sikwate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikwate/)
 * (@sikwate)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2667962)
 * > Are you using any caching plugins?
 * my client installed w3 total cache and after that the problem occurs but even
   if I uninstalled the plugin, the problem is still there. and it seems that w3
   total cache plugin messed with the core files including the .htaccess file.
    
   [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)
 *  Thread Starter [sikwate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sikwate/)
 * (@sikwate)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2667963)
 * > Tell your word press not to cache css file, using a random number.
   >     ```
   >     <?php
   >      srand( microtime() * 1000000);
   >      echo "?nocache=".rand(1,100);
   >     ```
   > 
   > See this example: [http://zeitblog.com/699/avoid-caching-files-in-wordpress](http://zeitblog.com/699/avoid-caching-files-in-wordpress)
   > To edit .css from admin panel, see this clip: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYUUtkWiAo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeYUUtkWiAo)
 * thanks this solved a bit. the problem is i cant the css file on the wp_head hooks.
 *  [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/css-caching-problems/#post-2668011)
 * It doesn’t sound like W3TC is doing minification, so I’m not sure how I can help.

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