Title: Does Nothing?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Does Nothing?

 *  Resolved [Tranny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranny/)
 * (@tranny)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-nothing-43/)
 * I’ve tried Comet Cache, I activated it, enabled it and… nothing. No decrease 
   in server load, no decrease in load speed – nothing. I see the rule is properly
   inserted in the wp-config.php file, I see advanced-cache.php file in the wp-content
   directory, still – nothing. I looked at source of my pages after login out and
   clearing browser cache – there is nothing at the bottom suggesting caching works.
   All documentation I could find tells you only how to check if it works, but not
   what to do if it doesn’t work.
 * I’m looking for an alternative to W3, which has become abandonware, but am pretty
   surprised by all the positive reviews for Comet Cache, seeing as it seems to 
   be the only caching plugin I’ve tested that doesn’t seem to work at all.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/comet-cache/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/comet-cache/)

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 *  [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-nothing-43/#post-7160136)
 * [@tranny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranny/) I just wrote and published
   a new KB Article that should help: [Troubleshooting Comet Cache](https://cometcache.com/kb-article/troubleshooting-comet-cache/)
 *  Thread Starter [Tranny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranny/)
 * (@tranny)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-nothing-43/#post-7160199)
 * I guess my issue was Cloudflare stripping notes from HTML, then (I did have those
   blank lines at the bottom). But that changes nothing on the fact that the difference
   between running with just Nginx and no caching plugin, and Nginx with Comet Cache
   is non existent. I run a very busy website with a lot of use activity on a dedicated
   server. When run without any caching plugin, my server load is in the neighborhood
   of 12. Activating W3TC keeps it around 1. Fastest Cache keeps it around 8. But
   Comet Cache around 12 – the same as with no caching plugin at all.
 *  [Raam Dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raamdev/)
 * (@raamdev)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-nothing-43/#post-7160217)
 * [@tranny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranny/) Were you able to confirm
   the issue was in fact CloudFlare stripping the HTML notes?
 * If you check in `wp-content/cache/comet-cache/cache/` do you see cache files 
   building up?
 * If you temporarily put your CloudFlare account in Development Mod and then visit
   a page on your site that should be cached (while logged out), do you see the 
   HTML Notes at the bottom indicating that Comet Cache is caching the site?
 * Comet Cache and W3TC use the same method for page caching (output buffering) 
   so it seems rather odd that you’re getting such a difference in performance.
 *  Thread Starter [Tranny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranny/)
 * (@tranny)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-nothing-43/#post-7160234)
 * Thanks for your responses man. I appreciate every developer who puts time and
   effort toward making plugins. This one simply did not work out for me. I spent
   too much time trying to make use of it, but could not. If a plugin takes so much
   time to get going, and it doesn’t even go after that, it’s just not worth the
   hassle anymore.
 * I’m saddened by W3 developer abandoning his plugin, which I used for many years,
   but obviously it’s time to go, especially since W3 still uses PHP rules that 
   are no longer supported in PHP7. But with other caching plugins available, spending
   excessive amount of time trying to tinker one that just wouldn’t work doesn’t
   make sense. I got rid of it and moved on to a different one.

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 * Last reply from: [Tranny](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tranny/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-nothing-43/#post-7160234)
 * Status: resolved